Riyadh: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates governments Tuesday announced on Tuesday that their gas closure was to be applied only to Qatari commercial airlines, so direct flights were allowed to transport from other countries. Airlines from other countries and private flights are to be permitted to cross their airspace if they request for a permission 24 hours in advance and can provide a list with the names and nationalities of the crew and passengers, reports Efe news.
However, according to their statements, the three countries have warned that the United Nations Security Council has maintained its sovereign rights in order to maintain their national security, warning that the United Nations Security Council may use the use of civil aviation. On June 5, these three countries, in addition to Egypt, broke diplomatic relations with Qatar and implemented a series of economic reprisals after claiming that Doha funds terrorist groups. More Arab and Muslim-majority African countries later joined the diplomatic blockade, even as several powers have called for resolving the crisis.