UAE and allies to submit Qatar dispute case to UN aviation authority – The National

UAE and allies to submit Qatar dispute case to UN aviation authority – The National

The International Court of Justice has sent an appeal by the UAE and its neighbours back to the UN aviation authority

















Hissa Al Otaiba, UAE Ambassador to the Netherlands, addresses the International Court of Justice. MOFA

















July 14, 2020



July 14, 2020













The UAE, along with regional allies, plans to submit its case in the ongoing aviation dispute with Qatar to the UN's International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).



Following a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday, state news agency Wam reported that the UAE would put its legal case to the ICAO, supporting the right to close its airspace to Qatari aircraft.



In 2018, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain, known as the quartet, asked the court in The Hague to rule on an ICAO decision in Qatar's favour.



Doha accused its neighbours of violating agreements regulating the free passage of commercial passenger planes after they closed their airspace to Qatar in 2017 and severed ties to the country.



Dr Hissa Al Otaiba, UAE Ambassador to the Netherlands, said the Emirates would study the court