Lacroix: The blockade has benefited Qatar and hurt the Gulf region

The French newspaper La Croix says the blockade imposed by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt on the state of Qatar has benefited the country and pushed it to independence by its decision and self-sufficiency, while weakening the fragile Gulf region.

A report in the newspaper covered important projects in Qatar, such as the dairy industry at Mazraat Baladna, north of Doha.

The report describes the farm and imported cows and the comfortable conditions in which they live, making them adapted to life in the desert.

After the blockade imposed on 5 June 2017, Qatar quickly turned into a dairy-producing country.

The newspaper said that the blockade went so far as to prevent Qatar Airways from landing on the territory of these countries that besieged Qatar, and even to prevent it from flying in its airspace, in addition to closing the country's only land port with its neighbor, which was passing through about 80 % Of dairy products consumed in Doha.

Our country farm
After the siege, the country began to produce milk through the development of our country's farm, with the aim of achieving self-sufficiency. The farm's director-general, Kamel Abdullah, was quoted as saying that this farm is an example for anyone who wants to use his intelligence. "We are very proud of it, "He said.

The blockade also provided Qatar with an opportunity to withdraw from the Saudi-led military alliance, which has been fighting the al-Houthi group in Yemen since 2015 in a war that has killed thousands of civilians.

world Cup
The blockade has made Qatar quick to improve the laws governing its territory, which concern hundreds of thousands of Asian workers involved in the construction of the 2022 FIFA World Cup stadiums.

The road to the end of this cold war - which is shaking the already fragile balance in the Gulf - seems to be long, because the differences are deep.

"Saudi Arabia, which believed that we would give up a week later, does not like that we, the younger brother, might be better than that," one Qatari observer was quoted as saying.

The paper concludes that Qatar is now planning to open the "siege exhibition" in the National Museum, while Saudi Arabia is struggling to find a way out of this crisis.