The leaders of four Arab nations imposing sanctions on Qatar have expressed disappointment at what they term Qatar's lack of cooperation.
The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain met in Cairo as the deadline for meeting their list of demands expired.
Egyptian foreign minister Sameh Shoukry has confirmed Qatar rejected those demands.
"The answer that the four nations received was negative, and it does not refer to any context. We find that (the answer) does not place any base for Qatar to retract from its policies or comply with the issues that were raised."
While no new sanctions have been imposed, United Arab Emirates foreign minister Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahayan says the current restrictions will continue.
"Except if Qatar chooses to change this path, (from the path of) destruction to construction, we will remain in separation from Qatar."
The four Gulf states, along with Libya, Mauritius and the Maldives, have blocked flights and ocean travel with Qatar from their airports and seaports.
Qatar is beginning to struggle with the effects of those moves, but Saudi foreign minister Adel bin Ahmed al-Jubeir insists the states' actions are for Qatar's own good.
"We're not doing this because we want to hurt Qatar. We're doing this to help Qatar, because it will help Qatar, it will help us, it will help the region, it will help the world."
Last month, the Gulf states and the regional countries accused Qatar of supporting what they called "extremist" groups that were contributing to destabilising the region.
But Qatari foreign minister Sheik Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani says the allegations are false.
"Most of the demands were only of interest to our Arab neighbours, but the allegation that Qatar supports terrorism was clearly designed to generate anti-Qatar sentiment in the West."
He has expressed frustration with the demands outlined, saying they are unreasonable.
"First of all, Iran is a neighbouring country. We cannot change geography. We cannot just cut (out) Qatar and move it away to New Zealand or somewhere else. We have to live along with each other. We have a shared interest with them. Our gas field is a partnership between Qatar and Iran."
The Qatari foreign minister says Qatar opposes violent extremism.
He says the Gulf countries aligning against Qatar are simply labelling their own political opponents as terrorists.
"Why did the blockading countries take this extraordinary, unprovoked and hostile action against Qatar? Put another way, why is Qatar's independence such a threat to them? I think it's because we have different views on politics and governance in the Middle East and about the best path forward for our collective future."
