Arab Countries Reduced the Number of Demands from Qatar to Six

• 07.20.2017, 16:13
•  Near East,  World

Gregor Fischer / dpa / Globallookpress.com

The four Arab countries isolating Qatar have reiterated their call for Doha to agree to a framework of six broad "principles" which they say will set the parameters for future talks on how the crisis is resolved, the National reports.

The four countries (the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt) gave a joint statement in Cairo, stating that the six principles are:

1. Commitment to combat extremism and terrorism in all its forms and to prevent their financing or the provision of safe havens.

2. Prohibiting all acts of incitement and all forms of expression which spread, incite, promote or justify hatred and violence.

3. Full commitment to Riyadh Agreement 2013 and the supplementary agreement and its executive mechanism for 2014 within the framework of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for Arab States.

4. Commitment to all the outcomes of the Arab-Islamic-US Summit held in Riyadh in May 2017.

5. To refrain from interfering in the internal affairs of States and from supporting illegal entities.

6. The responsibility of all States of international community to confront all forms of extremism and terrorism as a threat to international peace and security."