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Qatar’s foreign minister has said Doha will not meet any of the 13 demands made by Saudi Arabia and its allies, offering instead a proper condition for a dialogue to resolve the Gulf crisis. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, speaking at a news conference in the Italian capital Rome yesterday, said the list was meant to be rejected, pointing to the fact that it arrived with a 10-day expiration date.
He said everyone is aware that these demands are meant to infringe the sovereignty of the state of Qatar, shut the freedom of speech and impose auditing and probation mechanism for Qatar.
The Minister said Qatar believes that the world is not governed by ultimatums, the world is governed by the international law and it is governed by an order that does not allow large countries to bully small countries. Sheikh Mohammed spoke less than 48 hours before the deadline today for the demands issued last week was due to pass.