QATAR: Govt ”ready to participate” in US-GCC summit

Qatar’s foreign minister has said that his country is willing to participate in a US-GCC summit next spring, provided that the blockading countries’ motivation is based on real will and not coercion.  Speaking at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC, on Thursday, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said that any solution to the […]

Qatar’s foreign minister has said that his country is willing to participate in a US-GCC summit next spring, provided that the blockading countries’ motivation is based on real will and not coercion. 

Speaking at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC, on Thursday, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said that any solution to the dispute between the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) must be premised on the principles of equality between the nations of the region. 

The GCC is a political and economic alliance of six countries in the Arabian Peninsula: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).