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Prince bin Farhan speaks here of the three “partners” of his country in the boycotting alliance of Qatar in the Gulf crisis, that is, Egypt, Emirates and Bahrain, but this statement did not find an echo in the three countries that are silent on this issue, and Jared Kushner’s “godfather” tour did not include it. Reconciliation, which was limited, and the delegation that accompanied it, only to Riyadh and Doha.
What adds to the “ambiguity” on this issue is that no information has yet been released, neither from godfather Kushner, nor from the officials of the two capitals who visited them, on the elements of this reconciliation, and the justifications of the state. optimistic that the desired final solution will be reached for this three-year crisis. What we hear and read, together with the citizens of the four countries concerned, are statements of welcome and praise, but on what is this welcome and on what basis, absolute secrecy is the answer.
It is true that there is a media “truce”, especially in the Saudi and Qatari media, which was monitored in the last three days, but as observers we did not notice any direct or indirect contact between officials in Riyadh and Doha, much less those of El Cairo, Abu Dhabi and Manama.
American television station “NBC” She said in a news report to her correspondents in Beirut and Washington, “The reconciliation agreement is based on the foundation of reaching an agreement between Saudi Arabia and Qatar that stipulates that Saudi Arabia open its airspace to Qatari commercial aviation. and, in exchange, the State of Qatar withdraws a lawsuit that it has filed against this closure in US and international courts to lift it first and pay compensation for the damages caused by it.
The information in this report, which the broadcaster said was confirmed by three official US sources, is closer to the truth, but not enough on its own to achieve the breakthrough announced by Kuwaiti, Saudi and Qatari officials, given the scale of the crisis and its consequences, and what was spilled during its three years of information and media campaigns. Mutual symptomatology.
There are 13 conditions that the four boycotting countries demanded that the State of Qatar must meet before talking about any reconciliation, notably the closure of Al-Jazeera and many Qatari media and research centers, and the final disconnection with the movement. of the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Gulf opposition accuses Qatar of supporting and harboring it, in addition to Dismantling the Turkish military base in Doha Therefore, the question that is currently being urgent is whether to respond to these conditions, which Qatar said are incompatible with their sovereignty, in part or in full.
The other important point is the moment of this reconciliation, and the political, military, social and economic steps that could result from it if it is confirmed. Is it part of the alliance that the Trump administration wants to establish as part of its preparations for joint Israeli-US attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities and infrastructure, or is it a prelude to the collective normalization of the Gulf Cooperation Council with the state of Israeli occupation?
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani, Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, was interested from the moment Kushner left Doha on Wednesday night to confirm that this reconciliation has nothing to do with normalization. and its agreements, while his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, said that the normalization agreements signed by the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain prevented the annexation of the West Bank and the Jordan Valley, reiterating that his country wants a solution. to the Palestinian problem on the basis of the Arab Peace Initiative.
All of the above statements are in the category of “generalities”, and move away from the real objective, and what is kept silent about it in the current reconciliation efforts, which raised many questions among observers in the region, and we are among they.
The phone call that US President Donald Trump made with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Friday may be of great importance, as the Egyptian position of opposing any interference in Iranian affairs and distancing itself from any plans to direct military attacks on Tehran is notable, and it is not excluded. That President Trump tried to persuade the Egyptian leadership to change this position and shed light on the reasons for sending his son-in-law to Saudi Arabia and Qatar to accelerate this reconciliation.
The defeated President Trump, who leaves power after almost six weeks, may threaten the governments of the Gulf countries for the methods of intimidation, extortion and even regime change that he has known, through his military bases, aircraft carriers and fleets stationed in the Gulf countries, but cannot do the same with Egypt. Or so many observers believe, so Egypt’s position on this reconciliation will be decisive.
In this newspaper, “Opinion of Today”, and in order not to be misinterpreted as usual, we affirm our welcome to any reconciliation that leads to rapprochement between the Arab countries, eliminates differences and whose essence is to serve their peoples and the main issues of the nation as stability and coexistence, economic growth, political reforms and respect for human rights. It is the Gulf that has paid and is paying dearly as a result of this crisis and the consequent pain, losses and separation between members of the same family.
We will continue to monitor developments in this archive, based on our professional and patriotic duty, and the next few days should reveal many facts and answer many of the questions that have recently been raised about Kushner’s suspicious tour and its actual goals.
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