06 June, 2017
In a statement, the Saudi Arabian Government accused Qatar of "grave violations, both in secret and in public".
Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates accused Qatar of supporting terror groups in the region and began withdrawing their diplomatic staff.
The four countries cut off ties with Qatar accusing the peninsular Arab country of supporting terrorism that is destabilising the region. "At the moment, there is nothing on Qatar issue, (we) will issue a statement if some development takes place", he said.
This story will be updated as new information becomes available.
USA secretary of state Rex Tillerson has urged representatives from across the Gulf to "sit down together and address their differences".
Qatar has only about 2.3 million people, but is the world's largest producer of liquefied natural gas. The Muslim Brotherhood government was then removed by Egyptian military.
Now other Middle Eastern countries are cutting ties with Qatar, isolating the country by suspending flights and closing access to seaports.
Qatari diplomats were given 48 hours to leave their posts in Bahrain, while Qatari citizens were allotted two weeks to depart Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
The state-run KUNA news agency said Prince Khaled al-Faisal, an adviser to Saudi King Salman and the governor of Mecca, delivered a verbal message to Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah dealing with "bilateral relations. and the latest regional and worldwide developments".
Speaking in Sydney, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said he did not expect the announcement to have "any significant impact... on the unified fight against terrorism". He made the comments in Australia, where he is attending an worldwide meeting.
The biggest diplomatic crisis in the Persian Gulf since the 1991 US -led war against Iraq pits several nations against Qatar, which is home to some 10,000 American troops and a major USA military base.
Qataris on Monday rushed to supermarkets all around the country to buy food products after Saudi Arabia closed Qatar's only land border.
The effect of the break in diplomatic relations was felt nearly immediately in Qatar.
Saudi Arabia has also ordered Qatari troops be pulled from the Saudi-led coalition against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
The dispute comes less than a month after US President Donald Trump visited Saudi Arabia and called for a united Muslim front against extremism.
Qatar imports nearly all of its food.
Qatar imports almost all of its food, 40 percent of which comes from Saudi Arabia. Bruce Alpert adapted this story for Learning English, with extra reporting from The Associated Press and Reuters. "If you want to know how Qatar funds jihadis, look no further than the hostage deal", one Syrian hostage negotiator told the Financial Times.
