qatar is determined not to give up on Arab and Islamic countries that ostracize it and accuse it of supporting extremism.
Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said he preferred diplomacy to resolve the escalation of the crisis and insisted that there was no military solution, Reuters reported.
Meanwhile, the international news network Qatar, Al Jazeera claimed to suffer cyber attacks.
On its website, Al Jazeera mentioned that all the services are still ongoing but the cyber attacks "are increasing and taking on various shapes."
"Al Jazeera Media Network suffers cyberattacks on all systems, websites and social media platforms," cuit Al Jazeera. The media network has become one of the targets in the current turmoil, and other Gulf countries have blocked it by the end of May.
Meanwhile, Qatar state-owned TV station said that their site was temporarily shut down due to hacking efforts.
In another development:
Egypt urged the UN Security Council to investigate allegations that Qatar paid a ransom of about $ 1 billion (Rp13 trillion) for the release of a royal family member who was kidnapped while hunting in southern Iraq
The Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister flies to Oman for talks but no details about his agenda. Oman has so far not been involved in Qatar's isolation.
Saudi Arabia and other countries cut off transport and diplomatic relations on Monday (5/6). The Emir of Kuwait is trying to mediate this dispute, diplomacy back and forth between Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
To reporters in Doha on Thursday (8/6), Qatar Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed said that Qatar was ostracized 'because we are successful and progressive.'
"We are a platform for peace, not terrorism." This dispute threatens the stability of the entire region, "he said. "We are not ready to surrender, and will never be ready to give up our foreign policy independence."
He said that Iran had offered the use of its three ports for food and water shipments to Qatar because of the depleted food supply, but he said the offer had not been received.
A Qatar Airways aircraft at Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar, June 7, 2017Go over
Saudi Arabia and a number of countries closed the flight path from and to Qatar.
About food, Qatar is heavily dependent on imports and the crisis has caused people to stockpile, and there is scarcity.
Sheikh Mohammed said that Qatar had never been the target of such hostility.
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In another development, Russia said that on Saturday (10/6) tomorrow Sheikh Mohammed will fly to Moscow for talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.
They will discuss 'urgent international issues,' Tass news agency reported, but no further details.
The BBC's diplomatic correspondent James Robbins said that Russian intervention could complicate the ongoing efforts to defuse the situation.
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Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said Qatar should cut ties with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and the Palestinian Hamas in the occupied territories if it wants to end this exclusion.
Meanwhile, Bahrain has joined the UAE, threatening to call anyone who voiced support for Qatar.
"Any statement of sympathy to the Qatari government or the opposition to actions taken by the Bahraini government, whether through social media or other forms of communication, is a crime punishable by five years in prison and fined," a Bahraini interior ministry statement said.
Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates threatened its citizens with a five-year prison sentence if sympathetic to Qatar.
Meanwhile, Turkey, in a real rare support for Qatar, endorsed a law allowing the addition of troops at Qatar's military base. The Turkish president has also offered a mediating role.
Qatar is also the location of America's largest air base in the region.
In a telephone conversation with Saudi King Salman, US President Donald Trump urged Gulf states to unite, but he previously claimed to play a role in Qatar's isolation by saying that it shows that his recent visit to Saudi Arabia 'has resulted.'
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