The recent rapprochement between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Egypt and other GCC members may have positive fallout on the regional relations and balance of power.
With Saudi Arabia and Qatar signing a friendly bond that ended the three-year long economic blockade, which Riyadh had imposed on its tiny Gulf neighbour, regional observers see it as a springboard for achieving a greater regional partnership in which other regional players could be brought in to stabilise the Middle East.
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the two most influential members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), severed ties with Qatar in mid-2017, alleging that Doha supported terrorism, maintained ties with Iran, permitted Turkey to establish a military base on its soil, supported the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) movement in Egypt and more.
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Arab politics post Qatar-Saudi rapprochement (Opinion),By Asad Mirza The recent rapprochement between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Egypt and other GCC members may have a positive fallout on the regional relations and balance of power. With Saudi Arabia and Qatar signing a friendly bond that ended the three-year-long economic blockade, which Riyadh had imposed
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A senior Turkish official described the UAE’s call for better relations with Turkey as a “positive” step, yet told Middle East Eye that Ankara didn t believe it a signal for an imminent rapprochement.
The official, who was responding to UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash’s comments on Sunday suggesting relations between the two rivals could be recalibrated , said Turkey has never tried to undermine the Emirati government.
“As we always said, it was the UAE that has tried to sabotage our government in the region,” said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity. “We have never made similar efforts against them.”
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