Al Jazeera "Off the Table", Demand to Close Crime Against Freedom of Speech

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.

Reports have suggested countries behind the economic sanctions on Qatar - Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Egypt, and others - are demanding the closure of Al Jazeera, a media group that has been targeted in the Middle East because of its critical reporting.

Speaking at a news conference in Paris, France on Monday, Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said he had no idea why the Saudi Arabia-led bloc of nations imposed a blockade on Qatar.

"It's not about Iran or Al Jazeera," he said. "We have no clue about the real reasons … Qatar is willing to sit and negotiate about whatever is related to Gulf security." But he said Qatar does...