UAE, Qatar officials meet in Kuwait amid Gulf thaw - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Al-Monitor Staff

Feb 22, 2021

A general view taken on Jan. 5, 2021, shows the airport in the Saudi city of Al-Ula upon the arrival of journalists and delegates to cover the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit, as the diplomatic row that has split the Gulf since 2017, pitting regional power Saudi Arabia and its allies against gas-rich Qatar, is set to thaw as leaders of the six Gulf nations meet. — FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images

Kuwait hosted officials from Qatar and the United Arab Emirates on Monday in their first such meeting since the Gulf states ended their yearslong rift with Doha, the Emirati state news agency reported.

Saudi Arabia and its allies Bahrain, the UAE and Egypt severed ties with gas-rich Qatar in June 2017, accusing their neighbor of funding terrorism and growing too close to Iran and Turkey.

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