German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel told German public radio Deutschlandfunk on Thursday that Qatar had agreed to “open all its books” to Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND) and provide answers “if we have questions about certain people or structures.”Gabriel has just returned from a three-day trip to the region that included talks in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and mediator Kuwait. Foreign ministers from the four Arab states decided not to impose further sanctions on their regional neighbor when they met in Cairo to discuss the situation on Wednesday. They had been expected to consider strengthening measures against Qatar after a deadline they gave to the Gulf nation to meet 13 demands expired. Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said “the political and economic boycott will continue until Qatar changes its policies for the better.”Gabriel said the countries had reiterated calls for Qatar to cease its alleged backing of terror groups. “I think we’ve made progress, but the crisis is far from solved,” he said.

Source: Egypt Independent July 06, 2017 10:07 UTC