Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Saudi Arabia and allies ends Dispute and restores Full ties with Qatar
Restoration of full relations between the Arab Quartet and Qatar, and the reaching of a settlement for all the points of disagreement between them, saying, Good intentions will make us confident that the agreement will be a building block for strengthening relations said Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan.
During a press conference, he added, "What happened today is, the turning of the page on all points of difference and a full return of diplomatic relations".
- Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt, had severed diplomatic, trade and transport ties with Qatar in June 2017, accusing it of supporting terrorism – a charge Doha denies.
- Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met separately with Qatar’s ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, after the pair publicly embraced at the airport. The two “reviewed the bilateral relations between the two brotherly countries, and ways to enhance joint Gulf action.
- The Gulf Cooperation Council signed the final statement of the Al-Ula summit aimed at healing the rift between the countries of the Cooperation Council, the minister said during a press conference held by the Secretary of the Cooperation Council, Dr. Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf. New for the sake of achieving security and stability in the region and its people, away from all previous troubles.
- The work of the 41st Gulf summit (the summit of Sultan Qaboos and Sheikh Sabah) began in Al-Ula today, Tuesday, after the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) took a memorial photo in front of the Maraya Hall where the summit is being held, as the pictures showed the depth of brotherly relations between the leaders of the Gulf.
- The summit was held at the invitation of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, and the presidency of His Royal Highness Prince Muhammad bin Salman (the Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Defense), and in the presence of the senior advisor to US President Jared Kushner and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, where he signed Participants on the statement Alula.
- Earlier today, leaders and heads of the GCC countries arrived in Al-Ula to attend the 41st session of the Supreme Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council, where the Deputy Prime Minister for Cabinet Affairs of Oman, Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said, headed the Sultanate’s delegation participating in the work. The summit conference, as Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa arrived, heading his country's delegation, participating in the summit.
