Saudi Arabia to open sky and sea roads in Qatar for ‘Danyyo’ in 3 years and 7 months

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Saudi Arabia opened the border in Qatar, ‘Angsuk’ on the 4th (local time). The closed air highway and the sea highway were also reopened. It has been 3 years and 7 months since he declared a break with Qatar in June 2017 for being close to Iran. The reconciliation was mediated by the United States and Kuwait. The US administration of Donald Trump is assessed to have completed the puzzle of the ‘Iranian isolation policy’ by the end of the legislature.

Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Ahmed Nasser Muhammad Al-Sabah said the same day that “tonight, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have reached an agreement to open borders by air, land and sea.” Regarding the agreement, Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman said: “We will lead to reunification and solidarity in the face of the challenges in our region,” the Saudi state news agency said.

The two countries agreed to formally sign the agreement at the annual summit of the Gulf Cooperation Conference (GCC) in Al Ula, a city in northwestern Saudi Arabia. The GCC Summit will be attended by Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Alsani, King of Qatar, and Donald, Senior White House Adviser Jared Kushner, who mediated the deal.

Saudi Arabia opened the border with Qatar after three years and seven months. Al Jazeera Broadcasting said: “The atmosphere is calm, but customs officers are on duty and all immigration counters are open. Young Qataris have been driving to the border. From 9 to 10 vehicles returned to the traffic police at the entrance of the border point to see if the border was really open. “A United States government official said:” The blockade will be lifted and the exchange of goods, as well as the ability to travel between countries, will lead to greater stability in the region, “said Qatar Media Gulf Times.

Qatar is a country that has engaged in diplomacy between Iran and the Arab countries of the Gulf. Unlike Saudi Arabia, which fought Iran for supremacy in the Middle East, and Iran in the civil war in Yemen, Qatar has strengthened economic cooperation by sharing offshore gas fields with Iran. The Al Jazeera broadcast, supported by King Tamim Qatar, who promoted the image of a “ young reformist monarch ”, was also invisible to the rest of the Gulf countries.

Consequently, the four countries of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain declared a break in June 2017 and said that Qatar will support terrorist organizations and maintain friendly relations with Iran. The four countries proposed shutting down Al Jazeera broadcasts, banning military cooperation with Iran and severing relations with the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamic grassroots group, as conditions for withdrawing the school. However, Qatar did not support the terrorist groups and rejected their demands as a violation of sovereignty. Qatar has filed a lawsuit to compensate for a loss of $ 5 billion from being unable to use the air or sea highways of neighboring countries.

Kuwait and the United States mediated for reconciliation. The Wall Street Journal reported that Qatar agreed to open sea and air highways in exchange for dropping the lawsuit to make up for the $ 5 billion loss. President Trump’s son-in-law Kushner, a senior White House adviser, is reported to have visited Saudi Arabia and Qatar in succession last month and proposed mediation.

The reconciliation between the two countries is interpreted as an extension of the Trump administration’s policy of isolation of Iran. The Trump administration tightened sanctions against Iran after unilaterally withdrawing from the Iran Nuclear Agreement (JCPOA, Comprehensive Joint Plan of Action) in 2018. Iran has been isolated by mediating the ‘Abraham Convention’, an agreement to normalize relations between the Arab Gulf countries and Israel. If Qatar and other Arab Gulf countries, which have strengthened economic cooperation with Iran, join forces, Iran could be further isolated in the Middle East.

However, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, which had established ties with Saudi Arabia, were excluded from this agreement. A Trump administration official said the agreement was “a prelude to a comprehensive agreement to end Qatar’s boycott of the Gulf region that has existed for more than three years,” said the New York Times.

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