ON ONGOING INVESTIGATION.
>> NOW, ANOTHER REPORT IS OUT, 
OF COURSE, THAT SAYS YOUR 
GOVERNMENT PAID UP TO A BILLION 
IN RANSOM TO AL QAEDA.
ARE YOU ABLE TO SAY THAT THAT 
REPORT IS NOT TRUE?
>> IT IS NOT TRUE, YES.
>> SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I
UNDERSTAND.
WE'VE GOT CLOSE TO 10 COUNTRIES 
THAT HAVE SEVERED DIPLOMATIC 
TIES WITH QATAR.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT THEIR 
ALLEGATIONS ARE ALL COMPLETELY 
BASELESS?
>> THIS ACT OF AGGRESSION 
AGAINST QATAR REALLY HAS NO 
BASIS TO IT, SO AND WE DON'T 
KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY -- THEIR 
MOTIVES FROM THIS ACT, ALL THESE
STORIES ABOUT QATAR FINANCING 
TERRORISM ARE FABRICATED.
THEY ARE NOT TRUE.
AND WE CONTINUE T
