Qatar is not interested in reconciliation

Qatar has recently embarked on a hastily organized double diplomatic mission to consolidate its relationship with Turkey and Iran to pre-empt any Gulf reconciliation deal

The Qatari regime has decided that its interests lie with the Islamic regimes of Iran and Turkey. Any reconciliation with the Arab quartet would be superficial and short-lived, and unlikely to stop Qatar from pursuing what is seen by its neighbors as pro-Islamist hostile policies.

There was a marked increase of hostile attacks by Qatari and Qatari-funded media against the Arab quartet. This was in coordination with media attacks by Iranian and Turkish media against the Arab quartet. 

This is an indication that Qatar is in no position to agree to the terms of the Arab quartet and continues to coordinate closely with both Tehran and Ankara.

British MP Ian Paisley Jr. delivered a shocking presentation last week during a House of Commons debate, saying the American government does not share military intelligence with Qatar, where the US has a huge military base, because the Gulf monarchy is aligned with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Both the Obama and Trump administrations have designated Iran’s regime the world’s biggest state-sponsor of international terrorism.