Egypt has welcomed the decision of three Gulf states to withdraw their envoys to Qatar and said its own ambassador "will **t return" to the Gulf emirate. The unprecedented decision this week by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates was seen as closely linked to Qatar's support for the Muslim Brotherhood of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, who was overthrown by the military in July. In a statement posted online late Thursday, the Egyptian government said it hoped the withdrawal of the envoys would mark "the beginning of a correction of the course taken by the Qatari government, which is contrary to our brothers in the Gulf Cooperation Council".