Here’s what’s happened since last week’s updates: FIFA World Cup 2022 to remain 32-team tournament -- GCC Crisis Updates Week 103
Emergency summits are happening in the holy city – one for Arab League members and one for Arabian Gulf leaders – to discuss the recent tensions related to Iran.
Qatar has accepted Saudi Arabia's invitation to attend an emergency Arab summit, Foreign ministry spokeswoman Lolwah al-Khater tweeted on Wednesday that Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser al-Thani will attend the summit.The GCC summit on Thursday will be the third major meeting of the bloc since Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain cut ties with Qatar over its support for extremism and close ties to Iran. It will be the first time for Qatar to cross the border into the kingdom since the diplomatic crisis began in 2017.
H.H. the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani has received a written message from the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, inviting H.H. the Amir to attend the GCC emergency summit in Makkah Al Mukkramah, on May 30, reported Qatar News Agency (QNA).
The message was received by H.E. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, during a meeting with HE Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani in Doha yesterday.
Qatar today is stronger and more cohesive socially, stronger economically, according to the international institutions of economic classification, and closer and more cooperative and open to dealing with the international community on the diplomatic side. Qatari dailies, Al-Watan and Al-Sharq, said that as the hacking crime of Qatar News Agency (QNA) entered its third year, the newspapers stressed in their editorial Thursday that the hacking of Qatar News Agency is a conspiracy and catastrophe in the history of Arab media and in the history of diplomacy. To read more, click here!
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