Ever since the illegal siege of Qatar got launched more than a year ago, Qatar has been trying to solve things through dialogue.
However, to date, not much progress has been made to resolving the crisis. Qatar’s Foreign Minister HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said the Gulf crisis remained at a stalemate and said that the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) was currently in a paralysis, according to Al Jazeera.
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Sheikh Mohammed was speaking after attending a US-backed meeting between foreign ministers of the six GCC member states, Egypt and Jordan, in New York.
This was for the first time all six members of the GCC were meeting together since the implementation of the blockade.
“ GCC alliance cannot be effective if issue of Saudi-led blockade is not addressed”
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The meeting looked at the most important regional challenges facing the Middle East and how best to deal with them.
Sheikh Mohamed stressed about unifying the visions of collective security in the Middle East, in addition to the need for any new alliance to build on existing institutions and reactivate their role, reported Gulf Times.
He said successful alliances were always based on common values such as respect for the sovereignty of nations and the aspirations of their peoples.
He said the Gulf crisis paralysed one of the most important regional blocs that have contributed to maintaining balance and security in the Middle East for decades, according to The Peninsula.
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He said the real test of the new alliance was to resolve the Gulf crisis, a matter which will demonstrate its credibility and effectiveness.
“By ignoring the GCC rift, we don’t think the alliance will be initiated effectively. There’s a serious challenge facing the states and we need to address this challenge, in order also to prove the credibility of this alliance. And we believe there’s an opportunity over here,” he was quoted as saying by Qatar Tribune.
Sheikh Mohammed, addressing Saudi Arabian foreign minister Adel Al Jubeir’s comments that ‘blockading nations could wait decades for Doha to meet their controversial list of demands,’ replied in equal measure.
“We’ve to address the challenges in our region first. A year from now, no one will know what the future of the countries will be… Qatar can also wait forever,” he said.
“Diplomacy means communication and engagement, and this is Qatar,” he added.
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