Apart from preserving gas shipments from Qatar, the U.A.E. on Wednesday actually eased efforts to isolate its smaller neighbor.
This is while Abu Dhabi Petroleum Ports Authority on Wednesday night imposed a ban on global tankers and Qatar-flagged ships traveling to and from Qatar, preventing them from calling at ports in the UAE.
Its flag carrier Qatar Airways now flies increasingly over Iran and Turkey after being blocked elsewhere in the Middle East. Emirati officials also shut down the airline's offices in the UAE on Wednesday.
This came after Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain who have isolated Qatar by cutting all diplomatic and transport links with it this week put dozens of figures with links to the country on blacklists. Meanwhile, Turkey's parliament approved sending troops to an existing Turkish base in Qatar as a sign of support.
In Germany, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said he wants to see a response from Qatar to the Arab countries' demands "soon".
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Qatari citizens have been told they have 14 days to leave Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE, and those countries banned their own citizens from entering Qatar.
"In line with the political decisions of Bahrain, the Gulf, Arab and other countries and the actions they took towards the state of Qatar, the Ministry of Information Affairs alerts all media to the need to abide by the kingdom's stated position and not to publish anything that prejudices its high interests", the Bahraini ministry said in a statement.
In this photo released by Emirates News Agency, WAM, the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, right, is received by UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, to hold talks about Qatar, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, June 7, 2017.
The crisis began in part over what the Qataris described as a false news report planted during a hack of its state-run news agency. FBI agents are assisting Qatar in its investigation, said Meshal bin Hamad Al Thani, Qatar's ambassador to the U.S.
Bloomberg cited International Energy Agency data as confirming the emirates relies on gas to meet half of its electricity needs and would need to replace Qatari fuel with more expensive liquefied natural gas if the Dolphin Energy pipeline were to close.
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