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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson began talks with four Arab states on Wednesday in efforts to ease a boycott of Qatar.

The text of the agreement, whose existence was known but whose contents have never before been made public, was first published by CNN on Monday and later released on social media by Saudi officials.

Four Arab states refrained on Wednesday from slapping further sanctions on Qatar but voiced disappointment at its "negative" response to their demands and said their boycott would continue.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said Doha was still ready to sit down and discuss the grievances raised by its Arab neighbours.

"A productive next step would be for each of the countries to sit together and continue this conversation," Tillerson said in a statement.

A Qatari government spokesman said Doha was reviewing the list of demands and that a formal response would be made by the foreign ministry.

The demands aimed at ending the worst Gulf Arab crisis in years appear designed to quash a two decade-old foreign policy in which Qatar has punched well above its weight.

Qatar vowed to ride out the isolation imposed on it by fellow Arab states over its alleged support for terrorism and said it would not compromise its sovereignty.

Gulf Arab states and Egypt have long resented Qatar's support for militants, especially the Muslim Brotherhood which they regard as a dangerous political enemy.

Several Arab states and Egypt severed their ties with Qatar on Monday in a dispute over Doha's support for militant groups.

The Arab states should bring this issue to a roundtable discussion to persuade Qatar to refuse the ideology of terrorism as a whole.

A senior Iranian official said on Monday the decision by some Gulf Arab states and Egypt to sever diplomatic ties with Qatar would not help end the crisis in the Middle East.

Five Arab states took part in the Tuesday air raids as part of a new international coalition formed to attack the Islamic State group.

Ten Arab states including Saudi Arabia "agreed to do their share in the comprehensive fight" against Islamic State.

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