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There are major shifts of u.s. allies in the persian gulf. signs from the ally saudi king to be replaced by his 32-year-old young son, mohammed bin salman, known for wooing president trump and jared kushner last spring and for his aggressive foreign policy for iran throughout the region, including an embargo against his neighbor, qatar, endorsed by the president himself. >> the nation of qatar, unfortunately, has historically been a funder of terrorism at a very high level. i decided, along with secretary of state rex tillerson, our great generals and military people, the time had come to call...

Illegal actions against qatar by blocking only land border by separating families and by also undermining and creating propaganda campaign. now, qatar has remained committed to a solution because we believe we have a bigger threat in the region. >> what is that threat? >> terrorism. >> because iran is sponsoring terrorism, no question about that, through hezbollah and other groups. >> regarding our relation with iran, our relation with iran is really unique. qatar is sandwiched between two big countries, which is iran and saudi. we are sharing borders with them. there are concerns from iran in...

Funding. they have to end that funding. and its extremist ideology in terms of funding. >> that was president trump last june, accusing qatar, a major ally in the fight against isis of the u.s., of financing terror. joining me now is the qatari minister of foreign affairs. thank you very much, mr. minister, your excellency, thank you for being with us. we wanted to talk to you to give you a chance to respond for your country against what president trump alleged. >> andrea, first of all, this is the danger of propaganda. mainly, the entire campaign started accusing qatar of supporting terrorism...

The saudis, along with three other arab nations with cairo, they met after qatar rejected their list of more than a dozen demands to end their blockade of qatar. the four countries stay as a result of the violation and its continued interference in the affairs of the arab states and its support of extremism and terrorism and the consequent threats and security of the region. these were arab countries announced no new sanctions, they have been blockading qatar for a month and they say that's from extremism. the country say they will meet again, though they've given no date. qatar has long denie...