State of Qatar Hands Legal Files on the Blockade to International Organizations

Doha, June 16 (QNA) - The Ministry of Transport and Communications, General Civil Aviation Authority and Qatar Postal Services Company (Q-Post) have handed over, to the international organizations, their legal files regarding the legal violations, damages and the blockade escalatory measures imposed on the State of Qatar by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Bahrain.

In a statement to the Qatar News Agency (QNA), The Ministry of Transport and Communications expressed confidence in the international organizations that are working to the fullest to implement their conventions and laws, stressing that there is a flagrant violation of all international conventions and norms of all civil aviation as well as of maritime norms, freedom of movement and the related international and regional agreements deposited with international organizations.

The Ministry of Transport and Communications has initiated contacts with the General-Secretariat of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to discuss the escalatory violations of the blockade which could cause damage to maritime safety. The organization has formed a working group to examine these violations.

In the same context, the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GCAA) has continued to work with the UN's International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to discuss the actions of the three Gulf countries against the Qatari national carrier's flights , which could jeopardize air safety.

Meanwhile, Qatar Postal Services Company (Q-Post) has communicated with the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in the same regard and confirmed that the suspension of postal transactions with the three Gulf countries is a clear violation of the Constitution and Conventions of the Universal Postal Union, with which all UPU Member States must comply. (QNA)