Kuwait Hands Qatar A List Of Demands From Boycotting Countries

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Reduce their ties with Iran.

The Iran provisions in the document say Qatar must shut down diplomatic posts in Iran, kick out from Qatar any members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard, and only conduct trade and commerce with Iran that complies with us sanctions.

Saudi Arabia officially cut ties with Qatar in June 2017 due to Qatar supporting various terrorist groups including the Muslim Brotherhood, Al-Qaida, Islamic State, and some groups from the Qatif region in Iran.

Doha's independent-minded approach, including a dovish line on Iran and support for Islamist groups, in particular the Muslim Brotherhood, has incensed some of its neighbours who see political Islamism as a threat to their dynastic rule.

As CNSNews.com reported earlier, Al-Jazeera this month published a fatwa defending Qatar against the allegations of terror-sponsorship - written by a radical cleric who has been designated by the us and United Nations for facilitating and funding terrorism.

The list also demands that Qatar stop funding a host of other news outlets including Arabi21 and Middle East Eye.

— Immediately terminate the Turkish military presence now in Qatar and end any joint military cooperation with Turkey inside of Qatar.

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The UAE, Yemen and Egypt had announced earlier this month that they will be joining Bahrain and Saudi Arabia and withdraw their diplomatic staff from Qatar.

Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani called measures imposed against Qatar by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and others "an act of aggression". Revoke Qatari citizenship for existing nationals off those four countries if it violates those countries' laws. Its state-funded broadcaster Al Jazeera has also criticized Egypt and Saudi Arabia, which blocked it in late May. Hand over all files detailing Qatar's prior contacts with and support for those opposition groups.

Qatar must provide reparations to these countries for any opportunity costs incurred over the past few years because of Qatari policies. The sum will be determined in coordination with Qatar.

The State Department publicly criticized Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf nations for their handling of an embargo against Qatar.

Iran is shipping more than 1,000 tonnes of fruits and vegetables to Qatar every day after Gulf countries led by Saudi Arabia cut relations with Doha, Fars news agency reported Thursday.

According to the document, the country has 10 days to meet the list of demands.

Investors already know this: Qatar is the second-worst performer among MSCI emerging market countries so far this year, based on the performance of large- and mid-cap stocks through Tuesday.

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