Qatar asks UN agency to resolve Gulf airspace row

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Somalia has also offered to help resolve the crisis.

United Nations deputy spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters Monday that Guterres "has been in touch with people as have other United Nations officials".

Dujarric said the secretary-general was encouraging diplomacy "to address concerns and is ready to support such efforts, if desired by all parties". UAE Foreign Minister Anwar Gargash, and key architect of the blockade on Qatar told CNN's John Defterios that Qatar offers "very, very huge logistical, financial support for extremist groups".

Morocco said it would send plane-loads of food to Qatar to boost supplies there after Gulf Arab states cut diplomatic and economic ties with Doha.

Qatar has called those charges baseless.

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut diplomatic ties with Qatar last week, accusing it backing terrorism and promoting policies that destabilize the region. Al Thani has visited multiple European countries in recent days seeking diplomatic support.

Both Qatar and Saudi Arabia are major U.S. allies, and have close ties to European powers. Sharif is considered close to the royal families in both countries.

His company's production of fresh milk at a farm north of Doha will now begin at the end of June, as opposed to September as originally scheduled.

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Yesterday, the newspaper Somalia Today quoted unnamed sources saying "there was pressure put on the Somali government by Saudi Arabia to reverse Somalia's decision to stay neutral in the siege imposed by some Arab governments on the State of Qatar".

Iran has also allowed more than 100 Qatari flights per day to use its airspace.

In a series of tweets, Gargash said that turning the Qatar political crisis into a human rights issue evades the root of the problem. The cancelled flights impact numerous airline's travelers who fly via to Doha to worldwide destinations.

On Friday, Tillerson urged Qatar's neighbors to ease their blockade and called for "calm and thoughtful dialogue".

Earlier, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Erdogan would also speak with US President Donald Trump this week about the crisis. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is scheduled to talk Monday with his Qatari counterpart.

Hamad Port director Abdul Yafei said: "Mwani Qatar assures that business continues to progress at all its ports and our partners have added new services from around the world that will boost our regional and global trade". Qatar is one of the main sponsors for Sudan's Darfur mediation. Turkish food supplies can reportedly be found in most of the supermarkets across Qatar.

Thousands of shipping containers destined for Qatar are still stuck at Dubai's Jebel Ali port, according to Qatari importers.

Officials in Doha say an alleged hack of the state-run Qatar News Agency in late May saw controversial comments attributed to its ruling emir published.

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