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the bilateral commodity turnover by the forthcoming 2022 World Foot-
ball Championship. Additionally, Tehran has provided Qatari airplanes,
in particular Qatar Airways, its airspace for fl ights. 18 The Qatar, Turkey,
and Iran alliance creates a new balance of forces in the Middle East, ex-
plicitly challenging the dominant positions of Saudi Arabia in the region.
The ultimatum proposed to Qatar was not only a serious challenge to the
sovereignty of the country, but was also directed against the infl uence of
Iran and Turkey in the region. The confrontation that emerged between
Qatar and Saudi Arabia and their allies was also banking-related; a fi nan-
cial-credit war that exposes the competition in the region, in general. 19
Qatar in the focus of terrorism claims
Finally, another important piece of Qatar paper package was related to
supporting international terrorism and extremism by the country. 20 Qatar
was required to cut off ties with terrorist, sectarian, and ideological orga-
nizations, in particular with the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamic State,
Al-Qaeda, Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (Jabhat al-Nusra), and Hezbollah. The
Quartet countries demanded that Qatar stop fi nancing terrorists, including
terrorist groups that were on the Quartet, the US, and international lists;
extradite and imprison all those enlisted with involvement in terrorist
acts; confi scate their personal movable property and real estate; and not
hide or sponsor such persons in the future. It was noted that upon mak-
ing a query, Qatar was obliged to provide information on the movement,
settlement, and fi nancial situation of such persons, and extradite or return
to their homeland all those persons who were released by Qatar after the
break of diplomatic relations with the Quartet countries. 21 Overall, Saudi
Arabia and its allies demanded that Qatar stop interference in the internal
aff airs of foreign states, deprive expatriated citizens from Quarter mem-
ber states of the Qatari nationality, and provide information and relevant
evidence about the citizens of the Quartet member states who had ties
with Qatar. Additionally, Qatar would undertake a partnership policy with
the GCC member states and Arab countries at all levels (military, politi-
cal, economic, social, and security). 22
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“Qatari fl ights to use Iran’s airspace,” Mehr News, June 06, 2017, https://en.mehrnews.com/
news/125759/Qatari-fl ights-to-use-Iran-s-airspace (accessed July 4, 2018).
F. I. Laskaris, “Katar-Saudovskaya Araviya: voyna v fi nansovo-kreditnoy sfere,” (in Rus-
sian), [Qatar-Saudi Arabia. a war in fi nancial and credit sphere.”], Insitute of the Middle
East, October 13, 2017, http://www.iimes.ru/?p=38353 (accessed June 3, 2018).
Ibid.
Ibid.
Ibid.
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