Wednesday, June 21, 2017

No sooner end to Qatar crisis as rivaling parties hold own ground

The ongoing crisis between Qatar and several Arab countries seems to have no sooner solution as the rivaling parties hold their unyielding ground.


On June 5, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain, as well as several other Muslim nations including Egypt, cut off diplomatic ties with Qatar and closed off sea, air and land links to the tiny Gulf country.

The Saudi-led alliance accuses Doha of sponsoring terrorism, harboring extremists, interfering in their internal affairs and cultivating warm ties with Iran, a Saudi rival. Doha has dismissed the claims as unjustified.

Refusing to buckle under the pressure from the Saudi-led alliance, Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani stated Monday it would not hold talks with any of those countries, unless they lift the sanctions first.

At the same time, the Saudi-led alliance is drafting a list of complaints about Doha, which they say should be fully addressed by Qatar before resuming diplomatic ties with it. ...
 [globaltimes.cn/Xinhua]
21/6/17

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