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The US agency “Bloomberg” said that Saudi Arabia and the State of Qatar are close to reaching a preliminary agreement that may end the dispute between them thanks to the efforts led by the administration of US President Donald Trump, in his last days in the White House.
A report by the agency indicated that the expected agreement will not include the countries of the Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt, which suspended diplomatic and trade relations with Doha in June 2017, explaining that this potential advance in the wall of the Gulf crisis It comes after months of tireless diplomatic efforts on the part of Kuwait who took on mediation during the crisis.
According to the report, Kuwait’s efforts culminated in a final push, embodied by the visit of Trump’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner to Riyadh and Qatar.
The Bloomberg report stated that the rapprochement could lead to the reopening of airspace and land borders, and end the “information war” that Qatar and Saudi Arabia entered, as well as other steps to build trust within. a detailed plan to gradually rebuild relationships.
Amid this atmosphere, the American “New York Times” also reported that the Trump administration wants Saudi Arabia to open up its airspace to Qatari planes, which are currently providing millions of dollars to pass through Iranian airspace.
The newspaper took a step in the Trump administration’s efforts to reach an agreement on the Gulf crisis that would lead to the lifting of the blockade on Qatar, and also noted that it could be placed in the context of Washington delivering a final blow to the Iranian economy before Trump leaves the White House.
According to information from the “New York Times”, the meeting that Kushner held in Doha on Wednesday with the Emir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, discussed the issue of the passage of commercial Qatari flights over Saudi airspace.
If Riyadh accepts the American request, this will allow Qatar Airways to go through the routes it used for years before Saudi Arabia, along with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt, imposed an air, sea and land blockade on it in 2017.
It is not unlikely that an agreement will be announced in the next few days in the Gulf crisis file, amid the probability that the official statement will be transmitted to the next summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council, which is held in December every year.
And recently, reliable sources revealed multiple pressures exerted by the Emirati regime to thwart Saudi Arabia’s plans to resolve the Gulf crisis.
Sources told Emirates Leaks that Abu Dhabi is pressuring Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman through various channels to use it again to sustain the Gulf crisis and further escalate with Turkey.
The sources noted that the Emirati regime sent several warnings to bin Salman to prevent him from responding to the consensus of the ruling circles in Saudi Arabia on the need to move forward in resolving the Gulf crisis and ending the differences with Qatar.
