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Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar al Baker has likened the unjust blockade of Qatar to the siege of St Petersburg during the Second World War.
Akbar said the illegal blockade will fail like the siege of St Petersburg.
"This is a bullying tactic by larger countries on our country to intimidate our political thinking, our freedom, our sovereignty and our independence. They will fail because in Qatar, the people are very proud, like people in St Petersburg during the Second World War: you were not intimidated, you persevered and you won. And it is the same thing that is happening to us. We will win this blockade and we will make sure that our independence is very strong and our sovereignty is respected," Baker told a press conference in St Petersburg on Wednesday.
"This is unprecedented since St Petersburg was put under siege during the Second World War. This blockade is illegal because the airspace is above a certain flight level and airspace on international waters does not belong to any country. It belongs to the international community." (tnn)
