Qatar ready to resolve crisis with blockading nations through unconditional dialogue
Qatar has once again expressed its willingness to resolve the Gulf crisis that erupted more than three years ago.
The country has repeatedly called for negotiations to end the siege at several international, regional, and local forums.
Despite much anticipation of a potential resolution, with Qatar’s involvement in the 40th GCC Summit in Riyadh, and the participation of the national teams of the blockading nations in the Arabian Gulf Cup held in Doha, the blockade remains in effect.
Last month, while participating in a virtual panel discussion hosted by the European Council on Foreign Relations, Her Excellency Qatar's Assistant Foreign Minister and Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs asserted that the blockade has been a lose-lose situation.
Now, Qatar has again voiced its commitment to resolving the crisis with the blockading nations through peaceful diplomatic means and constructive unconditional dialogue.
Qatar's Permanent Representative to the United Nations HE Ambassador Sheikha Alya bint Ahmed bin Saif Al Thani said the three-year-old blockade is unfair and illegal and goes against the United Nations Charter, principles of international law, international agreements and covenants and human rights.
During her participation in a virtual meeting on "the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian issue," HE Sheikha Alya said the blockade has been damaging the interests of people.
She mentioned that everyone has realized that the siege nations' justification for the illegal measures, which followed the hacking of Qatar News Agency on May 23, 2017, is totally false.
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As the blockading nations went on ignoring the principles and the Charter of the United Nations and international law blatantly, these very principles formed the basis of Qatar's approach to the crisis, HE Sheikha Alya underlined.
Qatar has taken international law as a path to safeguard the rights of its people who have been negatively impacted by illegal measures.
In this light, Qatar took to several international forums and judicial bodies, especially the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as the main judicial organ of the United Nations to highlight the violations committed by the blockading countries.
HE Sheikha Alya drew attention to the ICJ ruling last week, which rejected the two appeals lodged by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, and Egypt regarding the jurisdiction of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to consider the Qatari complaint about the blockading countries closing their air spaces to Qatar aircraft in flagrant violation of international law and international agreements.
The ambassador said the verdict was one of a series of rulings backing Qatar, including the order issued by the court in 2018 and 2019 regarding the UAE's violation of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Sheikha Alya also shined a spotlight on the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling in June that acknowledged Saudi Arabia's violation of its obligations under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) by refusing to take measures against the complicated piracy run by BeOutQ channel and also promoting that piracy.
She said that despite these unlawful and unjustified measures and the persistent malicious campaigns, Qatar remains committed to its endeavor to resolve the crisis by peaceful and diplomatic means through mediation and constructive unconditional dialogue.
She expressed Qatar's appreciation once again for the efforts of Kuwait's Amir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah.
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I hope and pray that the blocked will be ended soon and we can rejoice the moments of travelling to those countries Ameen.
The approach of Qatar for the illegal blockade imposed is really remarkable. In one way this blockade had benefitted Qatar tremendously, And made Qatar a self sustained nation in all respects except few exceptional.
We hope for Good out of this current initiative and we firmly belief "Qatar Deserves The Best" :)