Mohammed al-Sada said in a statement: "circumstances in the region shall not prevent the state of Qatar from honouring its global commitment of cutting its oil production". "I am extremely disappointed".
"[The U.S.] should be the leader trying to break this blockade and not sitting and watching what's going on and putting fuel on [the] fire".
Qatar Airways saw profit jump previous year, ahead of the Middle Eastern crisis the Gulf state has been plunged into. "We must concentrate on these families who are apart now", he said, referring to the Gulf Cooperation Council, founded in 1981, which includes Qatar and its neighbours.
Qatar's port authority says its cargo will go through Sohar, as well as Oman's port at Salalah. A recent Saudi-led effort to send American military veterans to lobby Congress proved controversial when some said they were unaware the kingdom paid for their trips to Washington.
Qatar hired Ashcroft Law Firm, LLC for 90 days, agreeing to pay it $2.5 million to help the Persian Gulf nation comply with US money laundering and counterterrorism financing regulations and to stress its efforts to combat global terrorism, according to disclosures filed under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
Qatar Airways is also the largest foreign carrier operating in the UAE, and the fifth overall after the country's own airlines, according to the CAPA report.
Sheikh al Thani downplayed the impact on his country's economy - and said the banking sector is not a major concern. "UAE airports and borders have been ordered to allow any Qatari citizens who are immediate relatives of Emiratis to pass through", it added.
"Yes we have a drop in our business, but so does Emirates and Etihad".
The Doha-based airline said net profit lifted nearly 22% to 1.97bn Qatari riyals ($541m, £426m) for the year to the end of March compared to 12 months ago, as the state-owned carrier boosted passenger numbers 20% to 30 million.
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It was not immediately clear what the DUP's demands might be and one DUP lawmaker suggested support might come vote by vote. That did not help May, who had overseen cuts in police numbers during six years in her previous job as interior minister.
"We are now looking to increase our frequencies to markets that we couldn't operate because we had a capacity shortage".
"We have legal channels to object to this", he said.
Having not shied away from defending Saudi Arabia in the past, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Monday that, "I am also concerned by some of the strong actions which Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt and Bahrain have taken against an important partner".
"It is actually a travesty of civilized behavior to close airline offices".
Saudi Arabia is also unnerved by Qatar's support for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, where a democratically-elected president affiliated with the movement was in 2013 toppled in a coup lauded by Riyadh.
It also blacklisted charity organizations including Qatar Voluntary Center and Qatar Charity, as well as some individuals sanctioned by the United States over links to al-Qaeda in 2011. "We were not allowed to give refunds to our passengers".
The UAE and Bahrain have signed the convention.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the USA is engaged with its allies to ensure that they know where their common interest lay and what the expectations are.
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