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No Qatar dialogue unless conditions met- Four Arab countries

July 30, 2017

Manama (MDW Live) – Four Arab countries boycotting Qatar are ready for dialogue to ease the dispute if Doha agrees to certain demands, Bahrain’s foreign minister said on Sunday after a meeting with his counterparts. Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa [...]

Look ‘beyond crisis’ and look to establish new relations to replace old- UAE FM Anver Gargash

July 26, 2017

(MDW Live) Dubai – Anver Ghargash UAE State minister for Foreign Affair today said that it was important to look ‘beyond crisis’ and look to establish new relations and in the process replace old ones. In a series of tweets he said today that, “now that Qatar crisis has [...]

Gulf Countries Indicate Some Flexibility on Demands on Qatar

July 19, 2017

Senior diplomats from the four Arab countries that have broken ties with Qatar indicated Tuesday that they were no longer insisting on 13 precise demands that the Qataris must satisfy, or on a specific deadline for them to comply. The remarks by the diplomats from Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi [...]

Qatar Plans Food Cluster to Boost Supplies at Home

July 17, 2017

Domestic Al Jaber Engineering awarded $431 million contract Project was started last year, before Saudi-led boycott Qatar will spend 1.6 billion riyals ($431 million) to build a food-processing and storage facility near Hamad Port in about two years that will more than meet local demand for sugar, [...]

UAE wants international monitoring of Qatar

July 17, 2017

LONDON (Reuters) – A senior United Arab Emirates (UAE) official said international monitoring was needed in the standoff between Qatar and its Arab neighbors, adding he saw signs that the pressure exerted on Doha “was working”. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and [...]

Doha Festival City’s $1 billion-plus loan refinancing frozen amid Qatar boycott: Sources

July 16, 2017

DUBAI/DOHA (Reuters) – The refinancing of a $1 billion loan by Doha Festival City, a retail and hospitality complex in Qatar, has been indefinitely postponed as a diplomatic crisis deters regional banks from doing new Qatari business, bankers said. The refinancing, coordinated by Doha-based [...]

France wades into Qatar spat

July 16, 2017

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — France’s foreign minister on Saturday called on Qatar’s neighbors to immediately lift measures impacting thousands of people in the Gulf, becoming the latest foreign diplomat to visit the region and attempt to help find a resolution to a crisis that has dragged on for more [...]

Gulf crisis threatens Qatar Airways transit business: experts

June 12, 2017

Dubai (AFP) – Qatar Airways has made Doha a global hub in just a few years, but barring it from Gulf states’ airspace threatens its position as a major transcontinental carrier, experts say.Along with its Gulf peers — Dubai’s Emirates Airlines and Abu Dhabi’s Etihad [...]

Kim vows to make Trump ‘pay dearly’ as US ramps up sanctions

September 22, 2017

Seoul (AFP) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un Friday mocked Donald Trump as “mentally deranged” — and warned he will make the US president “pay dearly” for threatening the destruction of his country at the United Nations. Kim lashed out after Trump stunned the [...]

Qatar Insurance Says Abu Dhabi License Renewal Process facing Unusual Delay

September 19, 2017

Qatar Insurance Co. still has an active license in Abu Dhabi and the renewal process is underway, said Salem Khalaf Al-Mannai, chief executive officer for the Middle East and North Africa region. “We are facing unusual delay in the process from Abu Dhabi authorities,” he said in Doha. A [...]

Saudi vows pressure on Qatar until demands met

September 10, 2017

Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) – Saudi Arabia said Sunday it would keep pressuring Qatar until demands by a bloc of Arab states are met, dampening hopes for a US-mediated resolution to a diplomatic crisis. “We will continue to take action and we will maintain our position until Qatar [...]

Saudi Arabia squashes talks with Qatar just hours after hopes for a breakthrough

September 9, 2017

Saudi Arabia suspended “any dialogue or communication” with Qatar after potential breakthrough emerged Hours earlier, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had spoken by the telephone with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani President Donald Trump [...]

Fitch lowers Qatar rating to AA-minus with a negative outlook, predicts cuts on capital spending

August 29, 2017

Aug 28 (Reuters) – Qatar’s government may reduce its capital spending on economic projects and infrastructure if damage to its economy from sanctions intensifies, Fitch Ratings said on Monday as it cut the country’s credit rating. Fitch lowered Qatar by one notch to AA-minus with [...]

Qatar Airways adds flights to Colombo and Dhaka

August 22, 2017

DOHA, Qatar, 21 August 2017: Qatar Airways continues to expand with new flights to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Saying it is responding to robust demand from passengers it is increasing its Colombo service from four to five flights weekly effective 11 September. The airline’s Dhaka service will also [...]

Qatar to issue Permanent Residency to certain categories of expats

August 2, 2017

Qatar’s Cabinet today approved legislation where certain categories of foriegners could be issued with permanent residency which could affect tens of thousands of foreigners living in the tiny gulf state. Those who are granted the new status would be afforded the same education and [...]

Difference of Visions the reason for Gulf Crisis-Qatar Ambassador to Russia

July 29, 2017

The Ambassador of the Qatar to Russia Fahad bin Mohammed Al Attiyah said that the cause of the current Gulf crisis lies in the different visions between the State of Qatar and the siege countries with regard to the present and the future. During an interview with the Russian radio station Echo [...]