Qatar's Emir heads to Saudi Arabia to participate in Gulf summit

According to the Qatar News Agency, the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad, went to Saudi Arabia to head his country's delegation at the annual meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council, to discuss the progress made in achieving coordination and interdependence between member states in various fields.

Tuesday, the 41st session of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, headed by Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud, will start in the Saudi city of al-Ula, where Bahrain holds the presidency of this year's session.

With the holding of the Gulf summit, the Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Nayef Al-Hajraf, welcomed the agreement to open the airspace, land and sea borders between Saudi Arabia and Qatar, which was announced by Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmed Nasser last night.

The Emir of Kuwait, Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, announced that he had contacted the Emir of Qatar and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, to start a bright page between the Gulf countries.

A diplomatic crisis erupted between a number of Arab countries and Qatar against the backdrop of the former's accusations to the latter of supporting Muslim Brotherhood groups in the region, hosting Turkish soldiers as well as its relations with Iran.

On June 5, 2017, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE and Egypt announced a boycott of Qatar, and set 13 conditions for lifting the ban, including closing the Al-Jazeera channel, which they considered an inciting channel, severing its ties with Iran, stopping its support for the Brotherhood, and closing the Turkish base in Qatar.

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ANHA