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The Qatari Foreign Minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, said in a statement early Saturday that the demands submitted through Kuwait by four Arab countries were “not realistic,” and he urged them to review them, Al Arabiya reported. 

Also, the FM called the sanctions imposed on Qatar as unlawful and in violation of the country’s sovereignty.

“The state of Qatar is currently studying this paper, the demands contained therein and the foundations on which they were based, in order to prepare an appropriate response to it and hand it over to the state of Kuwait [which acts as a mediator in the crisis settlement efforts],” Qatar News Agency said, citing a statement by the ministry of foreign affairs, reported Al Jazeera.

As reported earlier, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, and Bahrain have sent Doha a list of 13 demands, including closing Al Jazeera television, reducing ties to their regional adversary Iran, and closing of a Turkish military base in Qatar.

Qatar must also announce it is severing ties with terrorist, ideological and sectarian organizations including the Muslim Brotherhood, Islamic State, al Qaeda, Hezbollah, and Jabhat Fateh al Sham, formerly al Qaeda’s branch in Syria, and surrender all designated terrorists on its territory.

The countries give Doha 10 days to comply, failing which the list becomes “void.”

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