Qatar to comply with new US airline security measures-minister

Qatar will comply with enhanced security measures for flights to the US designed to prevent expanding an in-cabin ban on laptops, the country's minister of transport said Friday. The measures, which European and US officials said Wednesday would begin taking effect within 3 weeks, could require additional time to screen passengers and personal electronic devices for possible explosives. "We will respect it," the minister, Jassim Saif Al Sulaiti, said in Montreal, where he is meeting officials of the ICAO. He did not provide specific details. Al Sulaiti repeated Qatar's request for the ICAO to intervene over Gulf neighbours closing their airspace to state-owned Qatar Airways flights in early June. Qatar has also asked for the ICAO to open international airspace over Gulf waters currently managed by the United Arab Emirates. <br/>