Iran sends five planes with vegetables to Qatar
The port of Dayyer is Iran's closest port to Qatar.
In a bid to reach out, Iran has sent five planes of vegetables to Qatar which has been boycotted by several Gulf countries. So far five planes carrying... vegetables have been sent to Qatar, each carrying around 90 tonnes of cargo, while another plane will be sent on Sunday," Iran Air spokesman Shahrokh Noushabadi said.
We will continue deliveries as long as there is demand" from Qatar, Noushabadi added, without mentioning if these deliveries were exports or aid, AFP reported.
Three
ships
loaded
with
350
tonnes
of
fruit
and
vegetables
were
also
set
to
leave
an
Iranian
port
for
Qatar,
the
Tasnim
news
agency
quoted
a
local
official
as
saying.
The
port
of
Dayyer
is
Iran's
closest
port
to
Qatar.
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, plus Egypt and Yemen, had announced last week that they were cutting all ties with Qatar, accusing it of supporting extremism. Iran has urged Qatar and neighbouring Gulf countries to engage in dialogue to resolve their dispute.
The Islamic republic has also opened its airspace to about 100 more Qatari flights a day, after Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates banned Qatari planes from their airspace.
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