Qatar: Meeting Arab countries' demands is impossible

Qatar diplomacy chief Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Now stated today that it is impossible to meet the demands of Arab countries at the time of the diplomatic crisis in the Persian Gulf, at the moment the deadline given to this state to answer.

Al now at the media conference in Doha said the list with the demands of Arab countries, which have isolated Qatar, “are non-real and uncompliable”.

Television performance Al-Jazeera, lowering the level of diplomatic relations with Iran, and closing the Turkish military base are some of the 13 requirements that Arab states have submitted to Qatar for approval.

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have sent Qatar the list of requirements, which must be met in the ten-day term if it wants to remove diplomatic and economic sanctions.

Qatar has dismissed the Arab countries' accusations that it is funding terrorism and destabilizing the region.

Qatar's state demand has been submitted to Kuwait, which is mediating in resolving the crisis.

Among the requirements are some conditions Qatar has suggested he would not meet, such as Al-Jazeera's disappearance. Arab countries seek Qatar to pay compensation for the loss of life and other financial losses, which have caused Qatar's policy over the past few years. The amount of compensation, reportedly, will be confirmed in co-ordination with Qatar.

Qatar must stop funding all extremist groups, which the US considers terrorist, including the Islamic State, the Muslim Brotherhood, the Lebanese Hezbollah and the Al-Qaeda branch in Syria, known as the Nusra front.

Qatar is required to close diplomatic representations in Iran, expel members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard from the state and honour US sanctions imposed on Iran.

The list also calls for a ban on military co-operation with Turkey within the country and harmonisation of economic, military, social, political policies with the Council for Co-operation in the Gulf, a regional group that has been created in order to combat Iran's influence.

If Qatar accepts the requirements, the list will be revised once a month during the first year, then every three months during the second year. Implementation of the requirements will be monitored over the next ten years.