GCC back to full force thanks to AlUla reconciliation
GCC back to full force thanks to AlUla reconciliation Dr. Abdel Aziz Aluwaisheg Short Url GCC leaders at the summit in AlUla. (AFP) A new page was turned in the intra-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) plus Egypt dispute last week. During the GCC summit, Egypt and the GCC member states signed the “AlUla Statement,” ending a three-and-a-half-year-long boycott of Qatar by the UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The agreement ushers in a new era of reconciliation and unity based on several guiding principles, with some important early steps taken during or around the summit, while some outsta...