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41st GCC Summit named as ‘Sultan Qaboos Sheikh Sabah Summit’ in memory of two great leaders

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Tuesday, January 5, 2021

MUSCAT: Saudi crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman has named the 41st GCC Summit currently underway in the city of Al-Ula as ‘Sultan Qaboos Sheikh Sabah Summit’ in memory of the two great leaders.

This comes in the opening remarks by the Crown Prince who lauded the efforts of the two late leaders in unifying the GCC.

Gulf leaders are meeting in Saudi Arabia for their annual summit on Tuesday amid a breakthrough in the long-running dispute between a Saudi-led bloc and Qatar.

Saudi Arabia on Monday announced the reopening of land borders with Qatar after a three and a half-year blockade that saw the kingdom, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain cut diplomatic and trade ties and impose a land, sea and air blockade on the Gulf state.

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