Gulf Arab states are considering
fresh sanctions on Qatar and could ask their trading partners to
choose between working with them or Doha, the United Arab
Emirates ambassador to Russia said in an interview with The
Guardian newspaper.
The UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain severed diplomatic and
travel ties with Qatar this month, accusing it of funding
hardline Islamist militant groups in the region, a charge Doha
denies.
"There are certain economic sanctions that we can take which
are being considered right now," Omar Ghobash told the newspaper
in an interview in London.
"One possibility would be to impose conditions on our own
trading partners and say you want to work with us then you have
got to make a commercial choice," he said.
