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The original 10-day deadline for Qatar to comply with the demands expired on Sunday but was extended to Wednesday at the request of Kuwait, which is acting as mediator. Khaled Elfiqi / Pool
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Saudi foreign minister Adel Al Jubeir, left, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Egyptian foreign minister Sameh Shoukry, second right, and Bahrain iforeign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, right, meet in Cairo to discuss the Qatar diplomatic crisis. Khaled Elfiqi / Pool
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The four countries are concerned about what they deem to be Qatar's support for terrorism, its hosting of extremists and the financing of them. Khaled Elfiqi / Pool
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The foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain met in Cairo to discuss the next steps in the Qatar dispute. Khaled Elfiqi / Pool
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Saudi foreign minister Adel Al Jubeir, right, and Bahraini foreign minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa look on during the meeting. Khaled Elfiqi / Pool
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The four countries issued a joint statement saying they had received the Qatari response and would respond "at the right time". Khaled Elfiqi / Pool
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The original 10-day deadline for Qatar to comply with the demands expired on Sunday but was extended to Wednesday at the request of Kuwait, which is acting as mediator. Khaled Elfiqi / Pool
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Saudi foreign minister Adel Al Jubeir, left, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Egyptian foreign minister Sameh Shoukry, second right, and Bahrain iforeign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, right, meet in Cairo to discuss the Qatar diplomatic crisis. Khaled Elfiqi / Pool
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The four countries are concerned about what they deem to be Qatar's support for terrorism, its hosting of extremists and the financing of them. Khaled Elfiqi / Pool
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The foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain met in Cairo to discuss the next steps in the Qatar dispute. Khaled Elfiqi / Pool
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Saudi foreign minister Adel Al Jubeir, right, and Bahraini foreign minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa look on during the meeting. Khaled Elfiqi / Pool
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The four countries issued a joint statement saying they had received the Qatari response and would respond "at the right time". Khaled Elfiqi / Pool
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The original 10-day deadline for Qatar to comply with the demands expired on Sunday but was extended to Wednesday at the request of Kuwait, which is acting as mediator. Khaled Elfiqi / Pool
Doha faces greater isolation after ignoring Arab demands
Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt said Doha had not made enough concessions to the demands
Naser Al Wasmi
Damien McElroy
05 July, 2017
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