Qatari ships barred from Egypt’s waters

Cairo : Head of the Suez Canal Authority and the canal’s economic zone, Mohab Mamish has announced that Qatari ships will be barred from the economic zone in line with decisions to prevent Qatari vessels from passing through these ports or entering them, Middle East News Agency said. The decision was out of keenness on Egypt’s national security, Mamish explained.

Any decision issued by the state of Egypt related to the Arab boycott will be effective throughout all ports in the economic zone, because it lies in territorial waters that are governed by the state of Egypt, which decides on the passage of ships or not, he added. The decision does not apply to the Suez Canal, Mamish said.

He affirmed that based on the 1869 Convention of Constantinople, the Canal is committed to international agreements that were signed by the Egyptian State.