Saudi Arabia cancel Qatar Airways operating license even as leaders call for peace
A day after the start of the new Gulf crisis, things are moving fast in several directions. While some world leaders have called for a swift end to the crisis, it is understood that Saudi Arabia suspended Qatar’s license to operate in that country.
Saudi Press Agency reported that transport authorities in the country have cancelled Qatar Airways license to operate in Saudi Arabia. It is understood that the authorities have also decided to close all Qatar's Airways offices in the Kingdom.
Sources said Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has called up the leaders of Qatar, Russia, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in an attempt to lower escalating tensions, reported Al Jazeera.
Meanwhile, the UAE has demanded ‘a guaranteed roadmap from Qatar for rebuilding confidence,’ according to the UAE state minister for foreign affairs Anwar Gargash, who took to Twitter to let his sentiment be known.
بعد تجارب الشقيق السابقة لا بد من إطار مستقبلي يعزز أمن وإستقرار المنطقة،لا بد من إعادة بناء الثقة بعد نكث العهود،لا بد من خريطة طريق مضمونة
— د. أنور قرقاش (@AnwarGargash) June 5, 2017
Earlier, the UAE had blocked exports of aluminium from Qatar’s Qatalum metals plant, according to Norway's Norsk Hydro, who owns a 50% stake in the company.
“Most Qatalum shipments normally go through the large Jebel Ali port in UAE, but this port looks to be closed for all Qatar shipments from Tuesday morning,” Norsk Hydro said in a statement.
Al Jazeera is the center of this dispute, a suggestion is to add up one member from each Arab country on the board of Al Jazeera Channel. That would eliminate their concerns once for all.
Qatar is ready to talk about the confidence building and trust reshaping road map, but that should be via dialogue on the table.
In order to avoid such misunderstandings there should be a third party participating in the talks like USA, France or Turkey
Going forward, Qatar's foreign office needs good relationship managers to reshape and build up the relationships with the boycotting countries.
Effective communication and continued interaction is the key to maintaining good relationships with the neighbors.
Qatar never funds the terrorists rather it gives support to the poor Palestinian and Egyptian people, purely compelled by compassion, in order to reduce their sufferings in the hands of poverty. This support is misinterpreted by Egypt as money being given to Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood for terrorist activities.
Abu Dhabi' is unhappy, because Qatar Airways has eliminated the monopoly of their two airlines i.e. Emirates and Ettihad, the later's profit has shrank from 2 billion dollar to only 200 million , in just one year.