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In this regard, a former Turkish diplomat stated that opening a
and as the Emirati political researcher Abdul Khaleq Abdullah
communication channel between Qatar and Saudi Arabia would
wrote on Twitter, “the Gulf reconciliation train will not move a
represent an opportunity to open another communication channel
single millimeter without the knowledge and without the prior
between Riyadh and Ankara, and this was reflected in the call of Saudi
approval and blessing of the UAE ”. Secondly, although Egypt
King Salman and Turkish President Erdogan on the sidelines of the
has officially praised the new reconciliation initiative, Cairo,
virtual G20 summit held in November 2020, in which they agreed tha t
whose political and also popular anti-Islamists vision is
their foreign ministers should "conduct a dialogue to normalize
completely at odds with the position of Doha and its ally Ankara,
relations between the two countries," and despite this,
will not proceed on the path of reconciliation without “a firm and
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Saudis still continue to boycott Turkish products, encouraged by the
serious commitment to what has been agreed upon ”, the
Saudi Chamber of Commerce. Does Saudi Arabia really want an other
Spokesman for Egypt ’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated. In this
reconciliation with Turkey through its reconciliation with Qatar? And
regard, we must seriously ask, will Qatar finally comply with the
will that reconciliation include the other countries boycotting Qata r,
13 demands of the Quartet countries in order to restore relations
specifically Egypt and the UAE, who ’ve been affected by Erdogan's
with it? Will it abide by the demands of the four countries,
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provocations on the maritime theater of eastern Mediterranean and on
especially Egypt, to cut its relations with terrorism, especially
the Libyan scene? Maybe it ’s still too early to answer such questions.
with the Muslim Brotherhood, which has been involved in the
Article title but rather came under US pressure and as hate in
terrorist and sabotage operations that occurred in Egypt since Lastly, what is clear is that this interest in reconciliation did not come
of
love
out
Qatar,
in
2013, and to stop providing safe havens for its lawless
Iran, and thus an attempt to form a unified front to confront the
extremists? Will Qatar stop interfering in the internal affairs of
dangers it poses in the region, especially after the assassination of one
Arab countries, especially Egypt, and stop the media incitement
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of its nuclear scientists, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. However, despite that
rhetoric it continues to practice through its channels, whether Al
the blockade has exhausted Qatar, especially economically, and placed
Jazeera or others? Will Qatar stop supporting and funding
it in the image of the accused among its neighbors, many analysts
terrorist organizations, whether in Syria or Libya, which hinders
argue that Qatar will not easily abandon the wide range of politic al,
the political settlement process and threatens Egypt ’s national
economic and military ties it established to counter the blockade ’s
security? And will it end its strong military and political alliance
effects since 2017, whether with Turkey, which sent military forces t o
with Turkey and its political flirtation with Iran, which has
Doha, or with Iran, which rushed to provide assistance to Qatar after
become ironically closer to Qatar since its isolation due to the
the blockade, in a move that angered the Saudis.
blockade?
However, there is growing optimism and great interest in the Saudi-
All these questions show the sticking points in the process of
Qatari commitment, as well as the annual summit of the Gulf
reconciliation with Qatar, in particular for Egypt, which could
Cooperation Council(GCC) held on January 5, 2021, which is
bring disappointingly the train of reconciliation backwards.
supposed to end the dispute and cancel the measures that were taken
Moreover, there ’s a suspicious role that the forces disturbed and
on the day of the blockade on Qatar, including the reopening of
negatively affected by any reconciliation with Qatar will play,
airspace and land borders. Therefore, many Gulf analysts who support
especially Iran, Turkey, and the Muslim Brotherhood, which has
reconciliation think it will be beneficial to the region, because it will
clearly a strong and broad political influence in Qatar. Indeed,
"reduce political polarization ”. However, in case of a Saudi-Qatari
this trio was the biggest beneficiary of the cracked Arab entity
reconciliation (and even if Bahrain joins them), Abu Dhabi and Cairo
and the increasing inter-Arab disputes. Some of them have tried
will have to decide whether they will follow the Kingdom or char t
to postpone this reconciliation and to let the crisis continue
their own paths with regard to their relations with Qatar, and t his will
within the GCC, such as Iran, and some of them will try to
mainly relate to the degree to which Doha adheres to the terms of
benefit from this reconciliation to achieve their goals, such as
reconciliation and stops its actions undermining the security and
Turkey.
stability of Arab countries.

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