Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who lent his support to Qatar after the several Gulf States including Egypt, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic relations with the island nation, has openly criticized the 13-point demands made by the Gulf States before that remove the blockade, introduced earlier this month. Speaking after a prayer at the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, Turkish President Erdogan said that the demands made by the Gulf States violates the international law and described the blockade as an attack on the country’s sovereign rights. Here is the list of demands made to Qatar by blocking the Gulf States,

• Iran: Lower representation with Iran, close attaches, IRGC and elements affiliated should leave Qatar. Limit cooperation to trade without violating either US and US sanctions or GCC security. Cut military and Intel cooperation with Iran.
• Turkey: Shot down Turkey base that was recently established, stop cooperation with Turkey military inside Qatar territory.
• Terrorism: Qatar declares that it cuts relations all terrorist, sectarian, and ideological groups, on top of them Muslim Brotherhood, ISIS, Qaeda, Fateh Sham (Nusra), Hezbollah.
• Funding: Stop all Qatar funding of any kind to terrorist or extremist individuals, entities or organizations.
• Designations: Qatar hands all those terrorist designated and those requested by four countries (who wrote demands) and terrorist elements on US and International lists, freeze their assets, and don’t harbor more elements in future, offer Intel on members especially related to movement, finances.
• Al-Jazeera: Shut down Al-Jazeera channel and offshoots.
• Interference: Stop interfering other countries’ domestic affairs. Don’t grant citizenship to anyone from 4 countries (who wrote demands), strip citizenship from those that have been granted who violates law of these countries. Cut relations with opposition elements in these countries and hand over relevant files.
• Compensation: Give compensations to victims and losses on 4 countries because of Qatar policy in last few years. Agreement would decide mechanism.
• Riyadh agreement: Qatar commits to be harmonious with its Gulf and Arab surroundings on all levels (militarily, politically, economically, socially), in a way that respects Gulf and Arab security and active Riyadh agreement from 2013 and the second Riyadh agreement in 2014.
• Opposition: Qatar hands over records/data on opposition they supported and kind of support they received.
• Media: Shut down all media supported by Qatar directly or indirectly (for example Arab 21, Rasd, Araby Jadid/new Arab, Sharq, Middle East eye, etc….these are examples not exclusive)
• Time Frame: All these demands have to be agreed in 10 days or will be voided.
• Reports: Agreement will have clear goals and mechanism and will be followed up with periodic reports, monthly for first year, every 3 months for second year and once every year for next 10 years.

Erdogan has sharpened his rhetoric compared to the past weeks when he called for a diplomatic solution, which is again natural given the fact that the Arab States wants Qatar to close down Turkish military base and stop all military cooperation with Turkey inside Qatar. Last week, a ship carrying 4,000 tons of food from Turkey reached Qatar, along with several military personnel and armored trucks destined to reach Turkish military base in Turkey.

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