President Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday dismissed calls for Turkey to close a military base in Qatar and said a wider list of demands issued by four Arab states was an unlawful intervention against the Gulf emirate's sovereignty.
"Qatar has begun its careful review and consideration of a series of requests presented by Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and U.A.E.", Tillerson said.
He urged the sides to continue negotiations by saying that it would be a "productive step", adding that the United States believes its allies are "stronger when they are working together". "No offence but Turkey is not an ordinary country, it is not an ordinary state", he said.
"A lowering of rhetoric would also help ease the tension", he added.
The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said an ultimatum issued to Qatar is "against global law" and claimed calls to withdraw his troops from the Gulf emirate are "disrespectful".
Faced with a sweeping set of demands, Qatar insisted Friday it can indefinitely survive the economic and diplomatic steps its neighbors have taken to try to pressure it into compliance, even as a top Emirati official warned the tiny country to brace for a long-term economic squeeze.
In 2014, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE recalled their ambassadors from Qatar over its support for Muslim Brotherhood-backed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi as he was ousted from power.
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Turkey had also reportedly offered to establish a military base in neighboring Saudi Arabia, Erdogan said, but never received a clear answer regarding the movement. It is on a list of demands made by four Arab states in return for lifting sanctions on the Gulf emirate which they accuse of supporting terrorism.
Al Sulaiti said that Qatar is hoping to "get more routes for Qatar" and said he trusted the United Nations body to resolve the dispute and "take action very quickly", Reuters reported.
Al Jazeera said any call to close down the network is an attempt to silence freedom of expression in the region.
David Hearst, Middle East Eye's editor-in-chief, said his organisation is not funded by Qatar - or any other state or group - and is here to stay.
Describing the demands as "against global law", Erdogan welcomed Qatar's stand on a list of demands which Doha has rejected and said the measures are "unjustified".
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