Qatar Defiant as Gulf Arab Allies Deepen Nation's Isolation
- Qatari minister says country can weather economic pressure
- U.A.E. bans international flights serving Doha from airspace
U.A.E Says Qatar Must Change Course
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Qatar’s top diplomat said on Thursday that his country can sustain economic pressure from a Saudi-led coalition, striking a defiant tone as the worst crisis among U.S. Gulf Arab allies showed no signs of abating.
“We can live forever like this,” Foreign Minister Mohammed Al Thani told reporters in Doha. He said only 16 percent of Qatar’s food imports came through the now-closed land border crossing with Saudi Arabia “and it has been replaced already.”