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On the way to ending the crisis in the Gulf: Saudi Arabia and Qatar will sign an American-mediated agreement tomorrow
The agreement to be signed at the summit of Gulf leaders in Saudi Arabia will be a significant step on the way to bridging the rift between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain.
In this context, the air and naval blockade on Qatar will be lifted, and the Qatari lawsuits against its neighbors will be deleted.
Kushner, who will mediate between the parties, will attend the signing ceremony
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Monday, 04 January 2021, 20:25
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The leaders of the Gulf states are expected to sign an agreement tomorrow that will be a significant step on the way to bridging the rift between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
Jared Kushner, senior adviser to US President Donald Trump, who mediated between the parties, flew to Saudi Arabia to attend the signing ceremony tomorrow (Tuesday) at the summit of Gulf leaders' leaders, US officials said.
Saudi Arabia and Qatar have been under heavy pressure from the Trump administration to sign the agreement.
Both countries see the signing as a tribute to the Trump administration, but also as part of a "clearing of the table" ahead of the inauguration of new President Joe Biden on January 20.
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Kushner flew to the summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Saudi Arabia.
White House envoy Avi Berkowitz and adviser Brian Hawke who assisted in the negotiations joined Kushner on the trip. The summit in Saudi Arabia will be the first time that Qatar Amir, Tamim bin Hamad a-Thani, will visit Saudi Arabia since the start of the 2017 crisis. the leaders of the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait, are also expected to attend. Sultan of Oman will not come to the event and sent a senior official of the local government.
the leaders will sign the agreement includes implementation of confidence-building measures: Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain to lift the blockade, air and sea imposed on Qatar Qatar will withdraw from all lawsuits it has filed against its neighbors in courts around the world and all parties will pledge to stop reciprocating attacks in the media under their control - especially the Qatari network Al-Jazeera and the Saudi-controlled Al-Arabiya network.
First visit to Saudi Arabia.
Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad a-Thani (Photo: AP)
An agreement in principle between the parties was reached during Kushner's visit to Saudi Arabia and Qatar a month ago during which he met with Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman and the Qatari emir.
Kushner has built a close relationship with the two leaders in recent years, which has greatly helped reach an agreement.
U.S. officials say that after Kushner's meeting with the Saudi Crown Prince during a visit in early December, Trump's senior adviser flew to Doha, the capital of Qatar, leaving behind Saudi Arabia's emissary Berkowitz.
Kushner and Berkowitz mediated between the parties by telephone with one in Qatar with the Emir and the other in Saudi Arabia with the regent - and after two days of talks reached an agreement.
The agreement almost exploded.
Realtors - Kushner, Berkowitz and Hawk (Photo: Reuters)
In recent weeks, talks with the Saudis and Qataris have continued with the aim of finally closing the agreement and making sure that both sides are committed to what has been achieved.
At the same time, the White House is in talks with senior officials from the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt to encourage them to support the agreement.
These three countries have very bad relations with Qatar and they have made many reservations about the agreement and claimed that the Qataris will not abide by it.
"The root causes of the rupture remain"
The agreement almost exploded yesterday when a last-minute media briefing led to tensions between the Saudis and Qataris over the agreement.
Kushner and his crew were already scheduled to take off from Washington for Saudi Arabia on Sunday afternoon but postponed their flight due to difficulties.
Kushner and his team had to resume talks with the Qataris and Saudis until they resolved the problems in the middle of the night on Sunday. A few hours later they took off from Washington for Saudi Arabia.
A senior Arab diplomat from one of the Gulf states said the agreement was a step in the right direction and included positive points. "Some issues have been resolved but the root causes of the rift - the poor personal relations between the leaders and deep policy differences over Turkey, Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood - have all remained the same," the senior Arab diplomat said.
June 2017 Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain Egypt has frozen ties with Qatar and closed its maritime and airspace to Qatari planes and vessels. Saudi Arabia and other countries have claimed to have decided on measures against Qatar because of their support for Iran and terrorist organizations. The
United States has good ties with both Qatar and other Gulf states but a long line of Attempts by the United States to resolve the crisis over the past four years have failed, and the agreement, which is expected to be signed tomorrow, will be a last-minute achievement for the Trump administration, less than three weeks before Biden takes office.
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