HE the Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said that the four siege countries prepared demands that were meant to be rejected. His Excellency stressed that the demands violated international law and did not look to combat terrorism and instead focused on undermining and infringing on the sovereignty of Qatar, striking down on the freedom of press, and imposing auditing and probation mechanisms against the State of Qatar.

HE the Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani met with the permanent representatives of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, the United States, the French Republic, the United Kingdom, the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation.

HE the Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani affirmed that political solution is the only way to end the current Gulf crisis.

HE Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani met separately on Thursday with members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives as well as representatives of the different U.S. Congress committees during his current visit to the United States of America.

HE Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani spoke about the importance of the US-Qatar economic partnership at a meeting with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce today.

Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad said that the demands submitted to the State of Qatar cannot be implemented, stressing that he will meet with the UN Secretary-General to address these violations and to end the crisis.

Qatar's Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani has affirmed that the demands of the siege countries are mere claims and should be supported by evidence, adding that the demands should be realistic and feasible, and all that otherwise is unacceptable.

The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) said that it had monitored several serious violations committed by educational institutions in the siege three countries, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain, especially the UAE, against Qatari students in education as a result of these countries severing diplomatic relations with the State of Qatar and the subsequent declaration of an illegal siege on the State.

The State of Qatar has strongly condemned and denounced an attempt to target the Grand Mosque in Makkah.

The State of Qatar announced its receipt of a paper, on June 22, 2017, containing demands from the siege countries and Egypt.