United Arab Emirates

Al Jazeera Media Network is an "internal affair" and there will be no discussion about the fate of the Doha-based broadcaster with nations that imposed a blockade on Qatar, its foreign minister says, Al Jazeera reports.

Turkish exports to Qatar have tripled from their normal levels to $32.5 million since four Arab countries began boycotting the Gulf state on June 5, Turkey's Customs and Trade Minister Bülent Tüfenkçi said late on June 22.

Four Arab states boycotting Qatar over alleged support for terrorism have sent Doha a list of 13 demands including closing Al Jazeera television and reducing ties to their regional adversary Iran, an official of one of the four countries said.

Four Arab states boycotting Qatar over alleged support for terrorism have sent Doha a list of 13 demands including closing of a Turkish military base in Qatar and reducing ties to their regional adversary Iran, an official of one of the four countries said.

Thousands of guests, including representatives of all states from the region, but also from the EU, the US, Russia and elsewhere, are expected to attend the formal inauguration in Belgrade on Friday of Aleksandar Vucic as Serbia's new President.

Turkey has sent a first batch of soldiers to Qatar in line with a recent deal on deployment, along with five armored vehicles, the Turkish military said June 22.

A total of 23 Turkish soldiers and five military vehicles arrived in the Qatari capital Doha on June 22, the Turkish Armed Forces have stated.

A ship carrying 4,000 tons of food for beleaguered Qatar left Turkey early on June 22, marking a change in how essential supplies are being sent to the tiny Gulf state.    
    
The vessel, carrying dry food, fruits and vegetables, departed from İzmir in western Turkey.    
   

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan congratulated Saudi Arabia's new crown prince Mohamed bin Salman in a telephone call early on June 22, with the two men expressing a desire for stronger ties between their countries, according to presidential sources.  
      

A peculiar picture has again appeared in Turkey's gold trade. The export and import of gold bars with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is at the center of this peculiarity.