A year ago, the four countries of the cooperation Council of the Gulf countries (GCC), led by Saudi Arabia and then the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt established complete air and sea blockade of Qatar.
The blockade was imposed mainly to reduce the political autonomy and economic independence of Qatar, as countries accused Doha of supporting terrorism. Apparently, a year later, the crisis continues unabated.
Sunday, June 3, in a letter to the President of France Emmanuel macron to the Saudi king Salman has threatened military action if Qatar will buy missiles S-400 from Russia.
Despite the fact that Riyadh played a dominant role in the Gulf region, Qatar will win if you buy these missiles. Saudi Arabia is also afraid of these missiles outcast Qatar, said the Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on defense of kinetoplast Alexei Kondratiev.
Undermined whether the embargo, the economy of Qatar?
May 16, Qatar national Bank said the current account surplus increased to 6.4% of GDP in the fourth quarter amid rising oil prices.
After the blockade, Qatar, one of the richest countries in the world, was forced to turn to its sovereign wealth Fund to keep the economy from collapse.
The impact of the embargo on the economy was limited to Doha, which this year earned $12 billion on the bond issue.
For the first time in the history of the Russian defense Minister visited Qatar. Sergei Shoigu met with the head of the military Department, but also with the Emir of the middle Eastern state. The parties signed an agreement on military-technical cooperation.
