On January 4, local time, Kuwait’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Ahmed Al-Sabah, led a delegation to visit Qatar on the eve of the GCC summit on January 5 and brought Kuwait to Qatar’s Emir (head of state) Tamim. A message from Emir (head of state) Nawaf.
Later that day (4th), the Kuwaiti Foreign Minister announced that Qatar and Saudi Arabia had agreed to reopen the air, land, and land borders on the night of the 4th.
According to Qatar Al Jazeera, citing internal sources, there will be a breakthrough in the overseas crisis that has lasted more than three years.
The 41st GCC Leaders’ Summit was postponed from December last year to January 5 this year because it was to gain more time to mediate between the parties.
The summit will be held in Ulla, Saudi Arabia on January 5, local time. A few hours before the summit, Kuwait is still making final efforts to persuade peace and promote talks, hoping that the Gulf crisis will have a breakthrough.
But as of now, Qatar's Emir Tamim has not officially stated whether he will personally attend the summit on the 5th.
On the morning of June 5, 2017, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and other countries suddenly announced the severance of diplomatic relations with Qatar and closed borders to implement blockades. The international community, especially Kuwait, has intervened many times.
(Headquarters reporter Zhang Yuchen)