DOHA: Qatar’s ruler said Friday that the Gulf emirate is ready for talks to resolve a diplomatic crisis with a Saudi-led bloc so long as his country’s sovereignty is respected. “Any settlement of the crisis must be based on two principles,” he said in a televised speech. And on June 22, they went on to present the emirate with a list of 13 demands with which to comply to resolve the crisis. It also defined terrorists, terrorist crimes, terrorist entities as well as the financing of terrorism. “The pressure linked to the crisis has begun to bear fruit.”But Gargash, repeated his demands for Qatar to reorient its policies in order to ease the crisis with its Arab neighbours.

Source: Manila Times July 22, 2017 03:00 UTC