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basketball Page 16 THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY IN FREE KUWAIT markets Page 10 Established in 1977 / www.arabtimesonline.com WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2021 / JUMADA AL AWWAL 22, 1442 AH emergency number 112 NO. 17580 16 PAGES 150 FILS SAUDI ARABIA, QATAR AGREE TO REOPEN BORDERS Together again Opinion Amir Tamim ... you suppressed foxes, restored Qatar’s splendor By Ahmed Al-Jarallah Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times THERE is an Arab adage - “Destiny reunites two even though they thought reunion was impossi- ble”. This applies to the 41st GCC summit that was held in the Saudi city of Al-Ula, and what the GCC arena witnessed in the last three and a half years of division, which has now ended as a result of Kuwait’s persistence in mending the relations within this organization. Undoubtedly, this meeting was a source of joy for all the people of the GCC countries. The Qataris were happy with their Amir’s decision to participate in the summit, and to open the borders with the big brother Saudi Arabia, whose people also rejoiced with this great positive development, as well as Bahrain, Oman and the United Arab Emirates — the commonalities of these nations are greater than all interests. The GCC nationals have been dreaming for long to have linked capitals, either through the railway, easy movement among the GCC states, or the electrical connection and exchange of goods, and of enhancing their own economic power through a unifi ed industrial and food pro- duction system. They also feel at home whenever they are in the Gulf countries... they do not feel alienated or uncomfortable. That is why the atmosphere cre- ated by the previous crisis became the cause for a massive heartbreak in every GCC national. After this historic reconciliation, we all have to bring out some of the hidden things in front of all the Gulf people — those in Doha as well as in Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Manama and Muscat — and call things by their names. Those who caused the division had carefully planned it for the sake of money and power, with the main objective of controlling the country Qa- tar. They are allied with groups whose aim has Al Arabiya English photo always been to dominate the Arab world, as well Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman embraces Qatar’s Amir Sheikh Tamin bin Hamad Al Thani after the latter arrived in Al-Ula for the Gulf Summit. as foreign administrations that sought to realize the scheme of organized destruction of the Arab world through the so-called “Arab Spring” aimed Gulf Arab leaders sign declaration with Qatar to ease rift at the so-called “creative chaos”. They were under the illusion that they, through their position within the Qatari authority, could AL-ULA, Saudi Arabia, Jan 5, (Agencies): Gulf Arab leaders signed desert city of Al-Ula. implement all their plans. However, their dream It was unclear what, if any, significant concessions Qatar had made before the summit. Still, evaporated with the great step that Sheikh Hamad a declaration Tuesday in Saudi Arabia to mark a new page in rela- an immediate shift in tone was palpable as one of Qatar’s Al Jazeera Arabic news Twitter ac- bin Khalifa took in terms of transfering power to tions following the kingdom’s decision to end a 3 1/2-year embargo counts shared photos of the Riyadh and Abu Dhabi skylines on Tuesday following years of Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad. It is no doubt a step critical coverage. that every Gulf Arab is grateful for and appreci- of Qatar, easing a rift that deeply divided regional U.S. security allies ates, because it thwarted the plan of the maniac of and frayed social ties across the interconnected Arabian Peninsula. The diplomatic breakthrough followed a final push by the outgoing Trump administration money and power — Hamad bin Jassim — who and Kuwait to mediate the dispute. It also came as Saudi Arabia seeks to unify Arab ranks The Saudi decision to open its airspace and borders to Qatar was the first major ahead of the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden, which is expected to take had installed his foxes in the joints of the state and step toward ending the diplomatic crisis that began in 2017, just as the Trump ad- its media institutions. a firmer stand toward the kingdom and re-engage with Iran. Everyone still remembers the leaks published ministration was raising pressure on Iran. The Saudi move was announced Monday Dania Thafer, executive director of Gulf International Forum, said Saudi Arabia is con- about this man’s order with Muammar Gaddafi to night, on the eve of the gathering of Gulf Arab leaders in Saudi Arabia’s ancient cerned about whether Biden will draw down the U.S. military presence in the Arabian Gulf bring down the Saudi regime and divide the king- that had expanded under President Donald Trump and enter dom, and his involvement in the riots in Bahrain, back into nuclear negotiations with Iran. Kuwait, Egypt, Syria and Tunisia. $7bn held “If that is the case, then the (Arab) states need to respond Al-Jazeera would be a platform from where he Georgia deciding Three new oil with a regional solution to security. And I think resolving the called “nations seeking freedom,” and that was Gulf crisis is one step forward towards that direction,” she said. part of the nation’s game. The man was involved finds in Kuwait Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who embraced in it under the assumption that he, through that, Seoul froze US Senate control Qatar’s amir upon his arrival at the summit, said the region could obtain an instrument of external support to KUWAIT CITY, Jan 5, (KUNA): needed to unite and face challenges posed by Iran’s proxies control the government in Qatar. ATLANTA, Jan 5, (AP): Georgians cast high- Minister of Oil and Minister of and its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. Since the time Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad took virus funds stakes final votes Tuesday in elections to determine Electricity and Water Dr. Mo- He said the declaration signed by Gulf leaders and Egypt over the power, he worked on dealing with the the balance of power in the new Congress, decid- hammad Al-Faris announced “emphasizes Arab and Gulf solidarity and stability, and rein- chaos both internally and in the Gulf region, and SEOUL, Jan 5, (AP): Armed ing Senate runoff elections sure to shape President- Monday discovery of two new forces the continuity of friendship and brotherhood between was able to restore Qatar to its fi rst bright Gulf Iranian Revolutionary Guard elect Joe Biden’s ability to enact what could be the oil fields for the Kuwait Oil Com- our countries.” history, and return to the Gulf home. troops stormed a South Korean most progressive governing agenda in generations. pany (KOC) in different regions The four countries that jointly boycotted Qatar - Saudi Ara- On the other hand, it is necessary to disclose tanker and forced the ship to Republicans were unified against Biden’s plans of the country, in addition to the bia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain - were hop- a number of fi les that have been raised. Talking change course and travel to Iran, for health care, environmental protection and civil discovery of the extension for the ing their embargo and media blitz would pressure it to end about terrorism and supporting it by embracing the vessel’s owner said Tues- rights, but some feared that outgoing President northern part of the Great Burgan its close relations with Turkey and Iran. Egypt and the UAE the “Brotherhood” group was not realistic. day, the latest maritime seizure Donald Trump’s brazen attempts to undermine field within the framework of the view the support by Qatar and Turkey of Islamist groups like This group is present in all the Gulf states. It by Tehran amid heightened the integrity of the nation’s voting systems might development operations. the Muslim Brotherhood as a security threat. Saudi Arabia and has fi ngers in many of the state institutions includ- tensions with the West over its discourage voters in Georgia. In a statement to KUNA, min- Bahrain are primarily concerned about Qatar’s ties with Iran. ing in Saudi Arabia, which it tried to portray as an nuclear program. State election officials reported light turnout ister Al-Faris said that the first The boycott failed to change Doha’s stance, however, in- entity that supported terrorism. If they had contin- The military raid on Mon- Tuesday morning, including in the deeply conser- discovery was in a field northwest stead buoying its young ruler domestically as patriotic fervor ued, the kingdom would have become isolated on day on the MT Hankuk Chemi vative northwest region where Trump held a rally of the country, while the second in swept through Qatar in support of his resolve. It also pushed both the Arab and international levels. was at odds with Iranian ex- Monday night to encourage GOP voters to turn Al-Qash’aniya north Kuwait. Qatar closer to Turkey and Iran, which rushed to support the However, these attempts were thwarted after out in force. There were virtually no lines at poll- This discovery acquires great ultra-wealthy Gulf state as it faced medical and food supply planations that they stopped shortages in the first days of the embargo. His Highness King Salman bin Abdulaziz and His the vessel for polluting the ing sites statewide, with voters waiting only about economic importance as it sheds Highness the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Sal- five minutes to cast ballots, said Deputy Secretary light on the large undiscovered While the Saudi decision to end its embargo marks a mile- waters of the Arabian Gulf stone toward resolving the dispute, the path toward reconcili- man made their historic decision to expel those and the Strait of Hormuz.