GCC to hold summit in January amid Qatar row, Kuwait says
Kuwait, which has acted as a mediator between Qatar and its Gulf neighbors, said the annual summit will be held in Saudi Arabia on Jan. 5.
Kuwait announced Thursday that the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will meet Jan. 5 in Saudi Arabia, as hopes mount for a resolution to the yearslong row between Qatar and its Gulf neighbors
Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Ahmed Nasser al-Mohammed al-Sabah “expressed his willingness that the Gulf summit be held in Saudi Arabia on January 5, 2021,” said a statement from the ministry.
The annual summit of the GCC member states — the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait and Qatar — is usually held in December. Last year, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Thani attended the meeting, marking Doha’s highest-level representation since its regional rivals began their boycott.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt imposed an air, land and sea embargo on Qatar in 2017. The so-called Anti-Terror Quartet severed ties with the oil-rich Gulf peninsula nation, accusing it of supporting terrorism. Doha denies the allegations.
