Bahrain FM: No resolution in sight for Qatar crisis, Qatar blocks goods from quartet

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Bahrain FM says Qatar has made no effort to resolve the issues that first prompted the boycott Qatar has now issued a ban on all products from UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt DUBAI: Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa said his country sees “no resolution in sight” in the Gulf crisis between Qatar and the four boycotting countries, according to an interview with London-based Arabic international newspaper Alsharq Alawsat. “The information in our hands today does not indicate any glimmer of hope for a solution now, as the matter does not happen suddenly," he said. Bahrain"s foreign minister said Qatar had prolonged the crisis by taking its case to Western allies, instead of dealing with it inside the Gulf Arab bloc. “We were expecting from the beginning of the crisis with Qatar that the emir of Qatar would go to Saudi (Arabia) but this did not happen,” Al-Khalifa told the pan-Arab newspaper. He spoke of Qatar’s lack of abiding by international laws in regards to terrorism. “This state has put one of its citizens on the terrorism list, and after a few days they attend his son"s wedding,” he said, referring to Abdulrahman Al-Nuaimi who was labeled a terrorist by the US government in December 2013, and the UN in September 2014, for providing financial support to terrorist organizations. Meanwhile Qatar has announced that it will ban products originating from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain. “Products originating from the blockading states, which as a result of the blockade cannot pass the Gulf Cooperation Council Customs Territory, have to undergo proper import inspections and customs procedures,” a Qatari government statement said late on Saturday. And Qatari national newspaper Al Watan quoted a circular from the Ministry of Economy and Commerce telling traders and shops to stop dealing in products imported from the four countries. It said inspectors would monitor compliance with the policy. (With Reuters)

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