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Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, welcomed and thanked Kuwait and the United States for their efforts to resolve the crisis without addressing the details of the talks, which is the same approach taken by the Minister of Qatari Foreign Relations, Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdulrahman.
For its part, Egypt expressed its appreciation for Kuwait’s efforts to resolve the existing dispute with Qatar and its hope that it would result in a comprehensive solution to the crisis.
Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Hafez said Egypt appreciates “the efforts made by His Highness the Emir of Kuwait and the sister state of Kuwait to heal the Arab gap and resolve the crisis that has erupted over several years between Qatar and the Arab Quartet countries “.
As for the United Arab Emirates, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Anwar Gargash, wrote a tweet on Twitter, in which he said that his country “supports the good Saudi efforts on behalf of the four countries.”
He added that the United Arab Emirates “look forward to a successful Gulf summit,” referring to the upcoming meeting of the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Gargash said his country “appreciates the efforts of Brother Kuwait and the US efforts to strengthen solidarity in the Arab Gulf.”
Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al-Sabah, whose country is leading the mediation efforts, said in a short statement that “fruitful discussions have taken place over the past period on efforts to achieve Gulf reconciliation,” and He stressed that “all parties that participated in the reconciliation talks expressed their enthusiasm.” On the stability of the Gulf “.
On July 22, 2017, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the Emirates and Bahrain accused Qatar of supporting terrorism and submitted a list of 13 demands to reestablish its relations with Doha, which included closing the Turkish military base on Qatari territory, reducing relations with Iran and close Al-Jazeera.
Except criticism
Meanwhile, the Bahraini press launched harsh criticism of Doha, especially after the incident involving the two ships that the Qatari authorities intercepted at the maritime border between the two countries last month.
The writer of the newspaper “Akhbar Al Khaleej”, Muhammad Mubarak Jumaa, criticized the policies of the Qatari regime towards his country and noted that Bahrain “showed restraint, drank the cup of myrrh and swallowed it reluctantly (…), preserve the cohesion of the GCC system. “
Academician Jumah’s column stated: “Bahrain does not reject reconciliation, but supports and supports it, and its story confirms its enthusiasm for the interest of the Gulf Cooperation Council system and its people. In all cases, the interest of the Kingdom of Bahrain and its historical rights must be taken into account first of all, especially after all the patience and bitterness that Bahrain has suffered for the security and survival of the Gulf system.
In a statement published in the daily “Al-Watan”, a member of the Shura Council, Bassam Al-Banhammed, said that his country does not accept that “its lands or territorial waters, nor its legal and historical rights” are violated.
He added: “We call on all the brothers to have a clear position, just as Bahrain has clear positions that cannot be confused to support them and be with them …”
In turn, a member of the Shura Council, Jihad Al-Fadil, said in a statement published by the same newspaper, that “Bahrain is one of the most urgent GCC countries calling for the cohesion of the Gulf House system (.. .), but Qatar tends to swim against the current and is constantly looking for the temptation to expand. And expansion (…) “.
