Government Communication Office (GCO) has confirmed that HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, will attend the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Saudi Arabia.
In a statement issued by the , Sheikh Tamim will head the delegation of Qatar in the 41st session of the Supreme Council of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC), set to take place on Tuesday, 5 January, in Al-Ula Governorate in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Sheikh Tamim’s participation comes after Kuwait’s foreign minister announced late on Monday that Saudi Arabia will reopen its airspace, as well as its land and sea border, with Qatar, paving way for a deal towards resolving the political dispute.
In June 2017, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt accused Qatar, among other things, of supporting terrorism and being too close to Iran and severed economic and diplomatic ties. They also imposed a land, sea and air blockade on Qatar. Qatar has repeatedly denied the allegations and said there was ‘no legitimate justification’ for the severance of relations.
Kuwait has been mediating between Qatar and four Arab states.
Source: Amiri Diwan
