Saudi Arabia insisted on Tuesday that its neighbour Qatar was not under blockade as a Gulf diplomatic dispute escalated amid increasing global concern over its effects on ordinary people.
Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies accuse Qatar of supporting "terrorism" in the region, while Doha's supporters have warned of a humanitarian crisis.
The bovines, brought in Australia and the USA, will be flown in through Qatar Airways. "So Oman Air is well equipped at the moment to shoulder the extra flying responsibility without any problem". In the case of flights to sub-Saharan Africa, Oceania, and Southeast Asia, its flights have had to circumnavigate the entire Arabian Peninsula resulting in added time and fuel penalties.
He says Saudi Arabia has merely denied Qatar use of its airspace, which he says is his country's sovereign right. Food security is part of Qatar's government strategy to steer the economy away from petrodollars, known, like in Saudi Arabia, as "Vision 2030". "Victimising Qatar through smear campaigns serves no goal".
Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdulrahman al-Thani said on Monday Doha "still had no clue" why Arab states had cut ties with his country.
The comments were in reaction to remarks by Qatar Airways' chief executive that Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain were violating worldwide law by shutting out Qatari flights.
The United Arab Emirates and Qatar have always been major proponents of open-skies policies, which remove restrictions on flying between states.
Meanwhile, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Erdogan would hold talks on the crisis with United States President Donald Trump.
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"We are closely monitoring and assessing all developments, and are prepared to take the necessary decisions and measures, should the need arise, to ensure that we always honor our commitments and obligations to all our customers and partners locally, regionally, and internationally", the statement said.
A Qatari businessman has taken the aerial route to tackle the supply shortage of fresh milk after several gulf nations severed ties with his country.
Ghasemi also says of the countries involved: "They should move toward peace and stability in the region and we invite them to negotiating and exercising restraint".
The sources confirmed that Saudi Arabia threatened to withdraw financial aid to the Somali government unless Somalia change its neutral stand in which it has called for an end to the political dispute between Qatar and the other Arab nations through dialogue via Islamic organisations like the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC).
A Qatari food company owner said shipments began arriving on Sunday from Oman, and that some 12 vessels were headed to Qatar from Sohar and Salalah.
Typically, cargo for Qatar stops at Dubai's massive deep-water Jebel Ali port, then gets put on smaller boats heading to Doha.
In addition to closing their airspace to Qatar Airways, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain have also shut down the airline's offices.
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