DOHA: Qatar has ordered shops to remove goods originating from a group of Saudi Arabian-led countries which a year ago imposed a wide-ranging boycott on the emirate, Doha officials said Saturday. The boycott by the Saudi Arabian-led group has forced Qatar, which previously relied on its Gulf neighbours, to look elsewhere for food imports. A directive from the economy ministry ordered shops to immediately strip shelves of products from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt. The government will also try and stop products such as Saudi dairy goods from entering Qatar via a third country. "Businessmen from the blockading countries are trying to go around the blockade... by using third parties," said the source.

Source: Bangkok Post May 26, 2018 22:41 UTC