Qatar Rejects Renewed Calls to Fulfill Neighbours’ Demands

Rasa - Qatar rejected renewed calls by four Arab countries to concede to a list of demands to end the Saudi-led blockade and restore diplomatic relations.

News ID: 431369

Date: 01 August 2017 - 21:52

RNA - The Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt met on Sunday but offered no new plan to move forward, Al-Jazeera reported.

Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Manama and Cairo which have blockaded Doha announced that they are ready for dialogue to ease the dispute if Qatar agrees to certain demands.

Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt cut off diplomatic ties with Qatar early June, and suspended air and sea communication one week after the Arab Islamic American Summit in Riyadh, accusing Doha of supporting terrorist organizations and destabilizing the situation in the Middle East.

Qatar rejected claims by a Saudi-led bloc of countries that it “finances terrorism” and intervenes in their internal affairs.

The split among the Arab states erupted after US President Donald Trump visited Riyadh where he accused Iran of "destabilizing interventions" in Arab lands.

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