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| Chinese Ambassador Liu Jieyi holds the council presidency this month. (File photo: Reuters) |
The UN Security Council has told Qatar to sort out its differences
with its Gulf neighbors, China's ambassador said Monday, indicating the
top UN body would not get involved in the dispute.
Qatari
Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani met with
Security Council members on Friday to discuss the rupture in ties with
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt.
Chinese
Ambassador Liu Jieyi, who holds the council presidency this month, said
"the best way would be (that) the countries concerned work out a
solution through dialogue and through consultations among themselves,
because we don't see any other alternative to that."
"Whatever
the countries can do to mend the fences and to get back to good
neighborly relations, that would certainly be welcomed by China," said
Liu.
The foreign minister had reportedly
asked Security Council members to urge Saudi-led nations to lift
restrictions on the use of airspace and other transportation links with
Qatar.
Saudi Arabia and its allies announced on June 5 they were severing ties with Qatar and later put forward a list of 13 demands.
They accuse Qatar of supporting extremism and of being too close to Iran, which Doha has denied.
The
demands included Doha ending support for the Muslim Brotherhood,
closing Al Jazeera, downgrading diplomatic ties with Iran and shutting
down a Turkish military base in the emirate.
Sheikh Mohammed had earlier said the list of demands was "made to be rejected.
Source: Al arabiya
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