Thanks for the catharsis

The head of the Foreign Ministry of Catarus Muhammad Ben Abdurrahman At-Tani thanked Russia for helping in overcoming the consequences of breaking relations with the income of a number of countries of the region. It is reported by RIA "Novosti".

"I would like to thank Russian institutions that proposed their help in the Catarus overcoming the illegal measures that were introduced against us. I really appreciate such cooperation between our two countries," at -Tani said at a meeting with the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov.

During the negotiations, Lavrov noted that Moscow reacted with concern to the aggravation of the situation around Qatar. He noted that the unity of the Arab countries is important for a successful fight against terrorism.

“For fundamental considerations, we do not intervene either in the internal affairs of other states or their bilateral relations among themselves. However, we cannot please the situation when relations between our partners deteriorate,” the minister said. “All that Russia can do, with the consent, interest of the parties involved, we will be ready to try to undertake.”

On Friday, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that the diplomatic blockade of Qatar is harmful to military efforts as part of a campaign against the Islamic State and is contrary to the economic interests of the United States in the region

“We call on the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt to weaken the blockade of Qatar,” Tillers said, in addition to the TOG, he noted, the blockade creates difficulties in a humanitarian nature, sharing families. “We think that these are unexpected consequences, especially during the Holy month of Ramadan, and this problem must be done immediately,” the Secretary of State emphasized.

At the same time, Tillerson called on Qatar to listen to the concern of his neighbors. "Emir Katara reached progress in countering the financing of support and expulsion of terrorist elements from his country, but he must do more and should do it faster," said the Secretary of State.

On Monday, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, the Maldives, the international recognized government of Libya and Mauritius announced the rupture of diplomatic municipality with Qatar . These countries accused the Qatari authorities in support of the Muslim Brothers, the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda, as well as the promotion of their ideas through the Al Jazeera TV channel.

All eight countries broke transport communication with Qatar. Qatarian citizens who are in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE will have to leave them for two weeks.

On Tuesday, it became known that the Katar authorities paid terrorists a ransom of $ 1 billion for the release of the ambassadors. It is claimed that 26 Qatarians, including members of the royal family, were captured when they went to the falconry of the south of Iraq. About 50 more Qatari troops, according to the publication, were captured in Syria. About 700 million dollars were paid for the release of hostages to senior Iranian special services and commanders of Shiite military units supported by Tehran. The remaining money received Syrian militants associated with al-Qaeda.

It is alleged that this was the reason for the breakdown of diplomatic relations with Qatar Arab countries. "The payment of the ransom was the last straw that broke the back of the camel," one of the sources said.

Meanwhile, on Wednesday, CNN said that the US intelligence services found evidence of Russian hackers involvement in the hacking of the Catar news agency (QNA), which became one of the reasons for the crisis in the relations of the Arab states. "The US officials believe that the goal of Russia, apparently, is to arouse a split between the United States and its allies. In recent months, suspicions of Russian cyber attacks, including the use of fake news, appeared against the backdrop of elections in France, Germany and other countries," CNN notes.