"This has resulted in heavy losses to human life in these Arab countries, in Europe and throughout the world", it said.
Here's the thing, though: the small Gulf nation is home to a crucial USA military outpost, which is one of several reasons Washington had long kept quiet about Qatar's alleged support of radical Islamic groups. Though Trump again said countries must eliminate funding streams for terror groups, the White House said he focused on the need for the region's various USA allies to stick together.
Mr Trump, who travelled to Saudi Arabia for a recent conference of Arab nations, told Qatar's ruler at the time that "we've been friends now for a long time".
He later tweeted: "Perhaps this will be the beginning of the end to the horror of terrorism!" Qatari officials declined to immediately comment.
In a phone call with Qatar's ruling emir, Sheikh Tamin bin Hamad Al Thani, Trump said he wanted to help Qatar and its Arab neighbors resolve the row that has upended any sense of Gulf unity, suggesting a possible White House summit among leaders.
Still, the minister struck a defiant tone, rejecting those "trying to impose their will on Qatar or intervene in its internal affairs".
The official is pointing to offers that Kuwait and Turkey have made to mediate.
Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber al-Sabah flew to Saudi Arabia for talks with King Salman bin Abdulaziz, Saudi and Kuwaiti state media reported, but gave no details on the discussions.
Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates cut diplomatic ties with Qatar on Monday.
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That is when Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE temporarily pulled their ambassadors from Qatar to protest its politics.
USA investigators believe Russian hackers breached Qatar's state news agency and planted a fake news report that contributed to a crisis among the US' closest Gulf allies, according to U.S. officials briefed on the investigation.
Meanwhile, the Philippines said it will temporarily suspend the deployment of Filipino workers to Qatar. In response to these restrictions, Qatar Airways has arranged for three charter flights departing Jeddah today at 16:00, 22:00, and 23:00 local time to Muscat in order to assist all Qatar Airways passengers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He did not say how the Arab blockade might do that.
Soccer's world governing body Federation Internationale de Football Association has said it remains in regular contact with Qatar, which will host the 2022 World Cup.
Late on Wednesday, two deals were ratified in the Turkish parliament; one allowing Turkish troops to be deployed in Qatar and another approving an accord between the two countries on military training cooperation.
Saudi Arabia and allies including Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain announced Monday they were severing diplomatic relations and closing air, sea and land links with Qatar. "The decisions that were made were very strong and will have a fairly large cost on Qatar and we do not believe that Qataris want to sustain those costs", Al-Jubeir told reporters.
These countries also have ordered their citizens to leave Qatar, in addition to ordering Qatari citizens to leave their territories.
But Gabriel also said that all members of the coalition fighting Islamic State should ban any government or private financing of militant groups, citing past reports about financing coming from Saudi-based foundations as well as Qatar. They accuse the energy-rich Gulf nation of supporting terror groups, charges denied by Qatar.
"We in Hamas urge the brothers in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia to stop these statements that hurt the kingdom and hurt its positions towards the cause of our people and their legitimate rights", Hamas said in a statement.
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