Gulf crisis: Qatar’s neighbours cut demands by half

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt have cut back their demands for Qatar by half, also allowing the country to meet the requests without specific deadlines, media reported on Wednesday .
According to The Wall Street Journal newspaper , the new list includes six demands instead of 13 .
The demand includes to shut down the Al Jazeera broadcaster and to immediately expel all clerics with extremist Islamic ideas from the country excluded from the ultimatum .
The new list also does not impose any deadlines for Doha, the media added .
“Of course we are all for compromise but there will be no compromise on these six principles , ” Abdallah Al -Mouallimi, the ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the UN , told reporters , as cited by the media .
Qatari ambassador to the UN Alya Ahmed said that the four Arab states scaled back their demands not as a sign of good faith , but in an attempt to save their image amid international pressure over the initial list of demands .
On June 5 , Saudi Arabia, Egypt , Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates broke off diplomatic relations and communication with Qatar , accusing it of supporting terrorism and interfering in their internal affairs.
The four Gulf nations presented Doha a 10 -day ultimatum with 13 demands , including the request to sever diplomatic relations with Iran , close Turkey’ s military base in Qatar , as well as to end support for the Muslim Brotherhood, a terrorist organisation outlawed in Russia.
Doha refused to comply with the demands.