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Riyadh / Doha (dpa) - breakthrough in the serious diplomatic crisis in the Gulf: The borders between Qatar and Saudi Arabia are being reopened after a year-long blockade that isolated the emirate and led to a bottleneck in imported goods.

According to Kuwait's Foreign Minister Ahmed al-Sabah, both states agreed on the step that should herald the end of the conflict between Qatar and its regional neighbors.

On Tuesday, the agreement is to be sealed with an agreement.

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates closed the borders with the country on a peninsula on June 5, 2017 and imposed a complete blockade.

Diplomatic relations, trade contacts and transport routes were cut, compatriots and investments withdrawn.

Egypt joined the blockade.

Those familiar with the region also saw the procedure as an attempt by Saudi Arabia to expand its dominance there.

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The announcement came on the eve of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit on Tuesday.

Its general secretary had invited King Salman of Saudi Arabia to do so, which was seen as a sign of possible rapprochement.

Initially the meeting in Riyadh was planned, now it will take place in the desert city of Al-Ula in the west of the country.

Qatari emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, who stayed away from GCC summits in previous years, is also expected on Tuesday.

Cross-border traffic by air, land and water should be released again from Monday evening.

Qatar is hosting the 2022 World Cup and is therefore interested in opening its borders.

The emirate was able to compensate for financial losses - measured by the per capita income of one of the richest countries in the world - from its multi-billion government fund.

Other than that, Doha withstood the pressure thanks to its large economic resources and political alliances beyond the Gulf region.

The USA, which also mediated with Israel when several Arab states were rapprochement, had campaigned for an end to the conflict.

Jared Kushner, advisor and son-in-law of incumbent US President Donald Trump, flew to Saudi Arabia on Monday.

Kushner should attend the GCC meeting there, as a US government representative of the German press agency confirmed.

Kushner had "promoted and made possible" the agreement.

A "new era of cooperation" is dawning, it was said.

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Turkey, Qatar's most important ally, welcomed the agreement and spoke of an important step towards resolving the conflict in the Gulf.

It is hoped that this will be resolved permanently, announced the Foreign Ministry in Ankara.

The Emirate Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Anwar Gargasch, predicted a historic meeting on Tuesday on Twitter.

Qatari sources said that Sheikh Mohammed bin Said al-Nahjan, the de facto ruler of the United Arab Emirates, was against reconciliation.

Some old points of contention should not be resolved with the agreement.

Riyadh and Abu Dhabi in particular was and is a thorn in the side that Qatar is promoting Islamist organizations like the Muslim Brotherhood.

The states had accused the emirate of supporting terrorism and having too close ties with Shiite Iran.

They had called for Doha to end its relations with Tehran and also to close the popular news channel Al-Jazeera, which critics believe gives the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamists too much space.

Qatar had denied the allegations.

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