The UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash announced that the recent Gulf summit in Saudi Arabia ended the dispute with Qatar, and spoke of the need for steps to build confidence, noting that his country wants normal relations with Turkey.
In an interview with "Sky News Arabia", excerpts of which were published on its website, Gargash said that the UAE, through the declaration issued at the Al-Ula summit that took place last Tuesday in the Saudi city of Al-Ula, and through confidence in the Saudi leadership for the Gulf crisis file, ended the dispute with Qatar.
He added that the peoples of the Gulf want reconciliation and to close the page of the disagreement, but he considered that the dispute that has existed for a while calls for steps to build confidence in the next stage.
He pointed out that what he described as the most intractable issues required time to solve and deal with them with maturity and transparency, as he put it.
He also indicated an agreement to freeze and withdraw the cases brought by Qatar against the UAE.
Regarding the Gulf crisis as well, the channel quoted him as saying that respecting sovereignty and looking at any threat and stance towards extremism and terrorism are key factors that exist as an overarching framework for Gulf relations in the future, indicating that the solution to the dispute came as a result of political action, and Saudi Arabia's leadership of this file over several months, in addition to For the American and Kuwaiti efforts.
Regarding Turkey, Gargash said that his country wants normal relations with Turkey that respects sovereignty, but he considered that it should review some of its policies towards the region.
In this context, he considered that Ankara should not be the main supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood, and restore its compass in its relations with the Arab countries, as he saw that in the original there is no good reason for disagreement with Turkey.
Earlier, the Emirati minister said in an interview with the American "CBS" network that the return of full relations with Qatar will take time, and that it depends on how Doha deals with Iran and Turkey in the future and what he described as extremist Islamic groups.
Commenting on these statements, Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Rumaihi, Director of the Media Office at the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the time, said that marginal attempts to disturb the positive atmosphere for Gulf reconciliation were expected, adding that these statements did not match the level of efforts made to achieve reconciliation.