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"The Ministry added that Morocco is “ready to offer its good offices with a view to promote a frank and comprehensive dialogue on the basis of no-interference in internal affairs and the fight against religious extremism.”King Mohammed VI Offers His Mediation to Solve Gulf Crisis
Rabat – King Mohammed VI is ready to offer his mediation in order to solve the unprecedented Gulf crisis, said Morocco’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in a communiqué on Sunday.
Amid the unprecedented crisis surrounding Qatar and its neighboring gulf countries, Morocco has broken its silence saying King Mohammed has held extensive and permanent talks with various parties since the deterioration of their diplomatic ties, according to the Ministry.
“The Kingdom of Morocco is following with great concern over the past few days the deterioration of ties between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Bahrain, Egypt and other Arab countries on one side, and the State of Qatar on the other one,” the communiqué said.
The Ministry continued, “because of the strong personal ties of sincere fraternity and mutual consideration between King Mohammed VI – and His brother Kings and Emirs of the Gulf countries, the Kingdom of Morocco has been careful not to pay into public statements and hasty statements which only reinforce discord and deepen differences.”
The King has, therefore, called on all parties to be wise in order to reduce tension, to overcome this crisis and to finally settle the causes that led to this, in accordance with the spirit which has always prevailed within the GCC, said the Ministry.
The Ministry added that Morocco is strongly associated with the Gulf countries in all fields despite its geographical distance, feels intimately concerned by this crisis despite it is not directly involved. The Kingdom favors a constructive neutrality, which cannot confine it to passive observation of a disturbing escalation between brotherly countries.
The Ministry added that Morocco is “ready to offer its good offices with a view to promote a frank and comprehensive dialogue on the basis of no-interference in internal affairs and the fight against religious extremism.”
In the early hours of Monday, June 4, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Yemen and Libya, and the Maldives, all announced they were severing their ties with Qatar over its alleged “support of terrorism.”
Morocco has always been a strategic ally of the Gulf countries. In 2016, the first Morocco-GCC summit opened in Riyadh in the presence of King Mohammed VI. It was a chance for consultation and coordination of positions to take up the challenges and threats facing the Arab region, in addition to garnering the support of the Gulf for Morocco’s territorial integrity.
In a speech delivered at the opening ceremony of the summit, King Mohammed VI said that “the question of Moroccan Sahara has always been the cause of Gulf countries as well.” He added that, in 1975, delegations from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the Sultanate of Oman and the United Arab Emirates all took part in the Green March for the recovery of our southern provinces
On Orders of King Mohammed VI, Morocco Sends Food Supply to Qatar
Rabat – King Mohammed VI has ordered that food will be sent to Qatar, the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Monday.
In a written press statement, the ministry stated that planes carrying alimentary goods are set to fly to Qatar.
The decision is “in line with the teachings of our religion especially during the month of Ramadan where requites solidarity between Muslim people,” explained the communiqué.
The Ministry affirmed the decision “had nothing to do with the political aspects of the current crisis between Qatar and other sister states,” noting that Morocco’s position vis-à-vis the issue had been fully detailed in a communiqué on Sunday.
The King’s order to send alimentary goods to Qatar followed Morocco’s offer on Sunday to mediate between Qatar and other Gulf countries, which severed ties with Doha last week.
Sunday’s communiqué stated that because there are “strong personal ties of sincere fraternity and mutual consideration between King Mohammed VI […] and His brother Kings and Emirs of the Gulf countries, the Kingdom of Morocco has been careful not to pay into public statements and hasty statements which only reinforce discord and deepen differences.”
It added that the Kingdom of Morocco is “ready to offer its good offices with a view to promote a frank and comprehensive dialogue on the basis of no-interference in internal affairs and the fight against religious extremism.”
Morocco’s commitment to end the crisis between the Gulf crisis highlights the strong ties between the kingdom and the countries of the region.
On June 4, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates announced cutting ties with Qatar for allegedly supporting “terrorist groups” and “undermining the security of Gulf states.” Qatar rejected the allegations, calling them “unfounded.”
Mohammed VI enjoys relationships of friendship with Gulf leaders, which makes him fit to mediate the current crisis in the region
Morocco’s commitment to end the crisis between the Gulf crisis highlights the strong ties between the Kingdom of Morocco and the countries of the region.
Relations between Morocco and Qatar have witnessed a steady improvement in recent years. This improvement was reflected in the number of investments Qatar has launched in Morocco.
The latest investment was announced last February when the Qatari government announced its decision to invest $150 million in building a dam project in the province of Guelmim in southern Morocco. The project is scheduled to be completed by 2021.
As recently as March 26, 2017, the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, welcomed the then Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Salaheddine Mezouar, who delivered to him a verbal message from King Mohammed VI
My opinion: This is a dumb move since Morocco was one of the countries that suffered most by the meddling and interference by Qatar in our internal affairs.
Prime Minister of Pakistan flies to the Kingdom to discuss the "crisis of Qatar", Accompanied by the army commander
Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has begun a visit to Saudi Arabia on Monday (12 June 2017) to discuss ways to resolve the Qatari crisis.
"The prime minister will visit the Kingdom today to discuss the current situation in the GCC," a statement from the Pakistani prime minister said, according to Pakistan's "expresstribune" website.
During his visit to the kingdom, Nawaz Sharif takes with him the commander of the Pakistani army, General Qamar Javed Bajo, on a one-day visit.
The Pakistani prime minister has said he will do his best to end the Qatari crisis and is expected to visit Qatar and Kuwait for the same reason.
The foreign ministry spokesman denied foreign reports that his country had deployed troops in Qatar, describing them as "fabricated and completely naked from any truth."
http://www.ajel.sa/local/1895796
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The history of Qatar's ruling family and inside coups:
Far from any propaganda as some people might think, How can anyone trust people who do coup after coup to their own fathers!!! Personalty, I don't trust such people..
It is deeper than that, Qatar likes to call itself a secular country and accused KSA of being too religious and extremist.. Now the Saudis are getting back at Qatar with its own secularism which states that politics should not be mixed with religion!!!A fellow Arab regime cut foods of another Arab country during ramadan month..
Iran sends food to Qatar, as Saudi Arabia cuts food supply to Doha during ‘Ramadan'
on June 7, 2017 | 8:27:54
Iran
Trucks carrying food for Qatar are now lining up across the border in Saudi Arabia, unable to enter the country amid a diplomatic row between it and Arab nations, Al Jazeera has reported. Qatar relies on food trucked in from Saudi Arabia across its sole land border.
Saudi Arabia announced Monday it would close its land border to Qatar, part of it cutting diplomatic ties to the country along with Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, who accuse Qatar of supporting terrorism.
Doha News, a local news website in Qatar, reported some citizens and residents of the energy rich country already had begun swarming grocery stores. It said some stores had begun seeing their shelves empty over fears that the crisis could see groceries run out of products.
“Customers could be seen piling their carts high with supplies of milk, water, rice and eggs at several popular grocery stores today,” Doha News reported.
One Doha journalist, Zab Mustefa, tweeted a picture of a number of empty supermarket shelves on Monday, apparently as a result of the border closure.
Meanwhile, an Iranian official says his country can export food to Qatar by sea, as Saudi Arabia and three other nations move to isolate the gas-rich nation.
The semi-official Fars news agency quoted Reza Nourani, chairman of the union of exporters of agricultural products, as saying Monday that food shipments sent from Iran can reach Qatar in 12 hours.
Meanwhile, because Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the other Persian Gulf States have closed their airspaces to Qatari planes, Iran is allowing Qatari airlines to use Iranian airspace.
An Iranian transportation official said Tuesday that Qatari flights bound to North Africa and Europe that used to cross Saudi, Egyptian or Kuwaiti airspace can now travel over Iran, Iraq and Jordan. Flights to Northern Europe can cross Iran. The official said Iran’s air traffic would increase 20 percent, as would its revenue from fees for use of its airspace.
Programs that track flight paths show that Qatari airplanes have changed their routes. Those headed to Europe are crossing the Persian Gulf into Iranian airspace and then heading north across Iran and Jordan.
The flights most affected are those to Africa, some of which must now cross south of Saudi Arabia. A flight from Doha to Khartoum now takes 2 hours and 20 minutes longer.
A diplomatic rift between Qatar and its Persian Gulf neighbors may cost the countries involved billions of dollars by slowing trade and investment and making it more expensive for the region to borrow money as it grapples with low oil prices.
The Ugly Truth and ABC News contributed to this report
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Iran sends tons of food to Qatar
Iran Air B 747 Cargo - EP-ICD bringing food to Qatar yesterday
Iran has sent four cargo planes of food to Qatar and plans to provide 100 tonnes of fruit and vegetable every day, Iranian officials said, amid concerns of shortages after Qatar's biggest suppliers severed ties with the import-dependent country.
Qatar has been in talks with Iran and Turkey to secure food and water supplies after Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain cut links, accusing Doha of supporting terrorism. Qatar says the allegations are based on lies.
"Following the sanctions ... on Qatar, IranAir has so far transported food and vegetables to this country by four flights," Shahrokh Noushabadi, the head of public relations at Iran's national airline was quoted as saying by Fars news agency on Saturday.
The head of the industries, business and trade organisation in the Fars province was also quoted by the Tasnim news agency as saying on Sunday the first planes carrying food to Qatar had flown from the southern city of Shiraz.
"Every day we will export 100 tonnes of fruits and vegetables to Qatar," Ali Hemmati said.
Qatar, a small peninsular nation of 2.5 million people, was importing 80 percent of its food requirements from bigger Gulf Arab neighbours before they cut ties with it.
Iran, long at odds with Saudi Arabia and a behind-the-scenes target of the move, has called for the sides to overcome their differences.
http://www.anews.com.tr/world/2017/...s-of-food-to-qatar-amid-concerns-of-shortages
Anyway cutting food and water is not good in any sort and condition especially during ramadan month.
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A bit of a change, news saying Eritrea has cut ties with Qatar...
Muslim/arab countries are switching/picking sides mostly based on future economic,military,strategic benefits. For e.g sudan didnt cut ties with Qatar, probably because Qatar might give them more money. lol. Saudi is main shepherd and these other countries act like sheep. sorry.
