Qatar to push opening of transportation links at UN agency special hearing
MONTREAL — Qatar’s battle with four Middle Eastern neighbours will be fought in Montreal on Monday where the country’s transportation minister will urge a UN agency to pressure the countries to reopen severed transportation links.
Jassim Saif Ahmed Al-Sulaiti says he will present a technical case in a closed special hearing about what he claims are illegal moves by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates and Egypt.
“We are asking the international organization to do something on that because we are talking about the sovereignty of countries,” Al-Sulaiti said in an interview.
The minister said the countries are required by the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation to maintain open access to and from Qatar.