Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah said it was no longer acceptable and unlikely to continue the fratricidal dispute in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries because he had weakened the GCC's capabilities and threatened its achievements.

In a speech at the opening of the fourth session of the 15th legislative term of the National Assembly, the Emir of Kuwait stressed the need to overcome differences and put the interests of the Arab nation above all else.

He said that this dispute "weakened our capabilities and threatened our achievements, which requires immediately to rise above our differences and strengthen our unity and solidity of our position."

"At the Arab level, we must overcome our differences and put the highest interests of our nation above all else."

The emir of Kuwait is acting as a mediator after three Gulf states - Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, as well as Egypt - severed economic, diplomatic and transport links with Qatar on June 5, 2017, accusing it of supporting terrorism, a charge Doha denies.

The severance of relations was accompanied by economic measures, including the closure of land borders and sea routes, the prevention of the use of airspace and restrictions on the movement of Qataris.

Bridging the gap
Kuwait played the role of mediator in the dispute, but failed to heal the rift between rival states.

The Kuwaiti Amir said in his speech today that the region is witnessing "unprecedented difficult Egyptian circumstances. .

He called on the Emir of Kuwait to "reject sedition," referring to recent developments in the region, including tensions with Iran and demonstrations in both Iraq and Lebanon.

"We have to take the lesson of what is happening around us and we have no choice but to consolidate our national unity and cohesion with our society and to reject the causes of sedition and division and provoke hateful nerve strife," he said.

The Emir of Kuwait warned of what he described as "the deviation of social media, which became shovels destroy and tear the national unity and damage the reputation of the people and their dignity and symptoms."

He called for "serious and urgent action to eliminate this dangerous phenomenon and protect our society from its deadly pests."