Qatari foreign minister says Arab demands 'unacceptable'

Qatari Foreign Minister Sheik Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani delivers a speech during a press conference in Doha, Qatar on 19 June 2017 [Mohamed Farag/Anadolu Agency]

Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said on Tuesday that demands by Arab states that his country stop aiding terrorism were baseless and unacceptable, Qatari-owned Al Jazeera television reported.

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“What has been presented by the countries of the blockade are merely claims that are not proved by evidence and are not demands,” Sheikh Mohammed was quoted as saying.

The demands must be realistic and enforceable and otherwise are unacceptable.

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