Qatar’s deadline to meet neighbours’ demands extended
The two-day extension comes at the request of mediator Kuwait, and Doha was prepared simply to let it pass
Doha — A Saudi-led coalition that has cut air, sea and land links with Qatar over accusations that the country is supporting terrorism, agreed to a two-day extension of its deadline for Qatar to meet its demands, the state-run Saudi Press Agency reported. The decision was made at the request of the emir of Kuwait, which has been acting as a mediator, Kuwait News Agency reported. Qatar would still submit its official response to the demands to Kuwait on Monday, it said. The Saudi-led bloc will deliver a full response after a complete reading of the Qatari government’s answer, the Saudi Press Agency reported later. Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said on Saturday that his country would not concede any demands that threatened its sovereignty or violated international law, and was prepared to let pass Monday’s deadline for complying with the bloc’s 13 demands. Those include shutting the Al Jazeera television network and cutting back ties with Iran. "There is no...
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