Qatar Airways CEO: UN body should call Qatar measures illegal

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"If we're going to lose a dollar, they will lose a dollar also".

Dujarric said the secretary-general was encouraging diplomacy "to address concerns and is ready to support such efforts, if desired by all parties".

On Sunday Qatar Airways reported a 21.7% rise in net profit in its last financial year that ended in March, fuelled by a strategy of investment and expansion.

He said millions of Pakistanis were working in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar and other gulf countries, but due to drop in oil market, gulf countries were already facing macro-economic instability.

Cargo for Qatar is usually shipped to ports in the United Arab Emirates and then loaded onto smaller vessels.

Qatar said on Saturday it would not expel citizens of the countries that had cut ties with it.

Sharif held consultations on Monday with senior officials from civil and military about his visit.

The minister ruled out any attempt of interference in his country's affairs, saying no one could dictate his country's "foreign policy".

In an interview with CNNMoney, Akbar Al-Baker said the blockade imposed on his country by its Gulf neighbors is "illegal" and requires USA intervention to resolve the situation.

"Qatar is willing to sit and negotiate about whatever is related to Gulf security", he added.

The Saudi cabinet's meeting included discussions on the visits of worldwide leaders including Kuwaiti Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, and Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's visits to the Kingdom.

The move to isolate Qatar followed a visit to Saudi Arabia by US President Donald Trump.

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The government has appealed that finding with the US Supreme Court . Gould and Richard Paez-were appointed by former President Clinton.

In Doha, Qatar Airways called on the UN's aviation body to declare the Gulf boycott against the carrier "illegal" and a violation of a 1944 convention on worldwide air transport.

Qatar Airways has been hit hard by the dispute, with 18 destinations now out of bounds for the airline. Other nations also operate forces out of Qatar.

They added that Qatar ignored repeated calls to abide by the Riyadh Agreement of 2013, its executive mechanism, and the supplementary agreement in 2014. The cancelled flights impact numerous airline's travelers who fly via to Doha to worldwide destinations.

Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi tells reporters in a weekly news conference: "These countries should try to settle their differences at the negotiating table in a positive and comprehensive process".

Al-Qahtani said, "Domestically, we have enacted proper laws, we have our national committees on terror financing and counterterrorism". Qatar has vehemently denied the charges. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is scheduled to talk Monday with his Qatari counterpart.

"I'm a businessman and I will even do business with (the) devil as long (as) it's win-win for both", Al-Baker said.

The restrictions have left thousands of Qataris cut off from relatives in a region where cross-border marriages are common and Gulf rulers refer to each other as "brothers".

Khanji said that Qatar's cargo will go through Sohar, as well as Oman's port at Salalah, bypassing the need to dock in any of those countries.

Qatar's Hamad Port is 420 nautical miles from Sohar Port and 1,131 nautical miles from Salalah. Qatar also has clashed with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain over territory in the past.

Qatar is a huge exporter of gas, both to the United Kingdom and the rest of the world.

Meanwhile, Iran's state-run IRNA news agency has said two Iranian navy vessels will stop off in Oman soon as part of an anti-piracy patrol.

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