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Montevideo, December 22nd 2024 - 23:33 UTC

Tag: Qatar diplomatic crisis

  • Thursday, August 3rd 2017 - 23:38 UTC

    Qatar files a complaint to WTO on the trade embargo imposed by Gulf neighbors

    The complaint filed with the WTO includes a request for “formal consultations” between Qatar and its neighbors. (Pic Reuters)

    Qatar has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization over a trade embargo imposed by its Gulf neighbors. The complaint accuses Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates of violating the trade group's “core laws and conventions on trade of goods and services, and trade-related aspects of intellectual property,” according to a statement from Qatar's ministry of economy and commerce.

  • Tuesday, June 6th 2017 - 06:35 UTC

    Qatar planes banned from Saudi, Egypt, UAE and Bahrain air space

    Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE coordinated together to set the diplomatic withdrawal into motion, closing all transport ties to Qatar, a tiny gas-rich peninsula.

    Qatari planes are to be banned from Egyptian and Saudi air space, as a growing diplomatic row in the Gulf threatens large-scale air disruption. Several countries have cut ties with the tiny Gulf state over accusations of supporting extremism in the region.