Qatar\u2019s response to four Arab states\u2019 demands was \u201cvery negative\u201d and \u201cindicates a lack of awareness of how dangerous the situation is,\u201d Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said Wednesday in Cairo.
\nAnd the political boycott by the four nations \u2014 Bahrain, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia \u2014 will continue until Qatar changes its policies, Saudi Foreign Minister Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubair said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will consult and we will take future steps in the right time,\u201d Al-Jubair said.<\/p>\n
Shoukry and Al-Jubair spoke after they and their counterparts from the UAE and Bahrain met in Cairo to discuss<\/p>\n
Qatar\u2019s response to a list of demands to resolve the diplomatic standoff.<\/p>\n
The four foreign ministers will next meet in Manama, Bahrain, at an unspecified date, Shoukry said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Qatar\u2019s foreign minister says his country won\u2019t comply with any demands that it considers in violation of international law.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you are looking at the demands \u2014 there are accusations that Qatar is supporting terrorism \u2014 they are shutting free speech, shutting the media outlets, expelling people, oppositions, violating the international law by with their own citizenship from some of the people and return them back home. So there are a lot of demands which are against the international law,\u201d Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani told CNN\u2019s Christiane Amanpour.<\/p>\n
The four Arab states in a diplomatic standoff with Qatar say they have received a response from Doha to their list of demands, just as the quartet\u2019s foreign ministers prepare to meet in Cairo to coordinate actions over the Gulf crisis.
\nBahrain, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia suspended diplomatic relations and cut off land, sea and air travel to Qatar last month, accusing the country of funding terrorism and destabilizing the Middle East. Qatar has rejected those accusations.<\/p>\n
The country had until Wednesday to reply to a list of 13 stipulations after the four-country bloc had agreed to extend the initial deadline by 48 hours.<\/p>\n
The demands included the closure of the Al Jazeera media network, a reduction in diplomatic ties with Iran and the halting of a Turkish military base in Qatar.<\/p>\n
The Qatari response was handed over by Kuwait, which is acting as a mediator in the dispute.<\/p>\n
(Egypt Independent)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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