UAE optimistic on Al Ula Declaration, says Gargash

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

Dr Anwar Bin Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, said on Tuesday "the UAE is optimistic about what was stated in the Al-Ula Declaration…”

In televised statements, Gargash said that what was achieved at the Al-Ula summit "came thanks to sincere efforts from Saudi Arabia and committed mediation from Kuwait and the United States."

Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman after landing in Saudi Arabia.

He added that what happened in Al-Ula "gives us an opportunity to strengthen the region's security and stability."

Full ties have been restored between Qatar and the four nations that severed relations with Doha in a rift that began over three years ago, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Tuesday.

"What happened today is... the turning of the page on all points of difference and a full return of diplomatic relations," Prince Faisal Bin Farhan told a press conference at the conclusion of a landmark regional summit in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman met separately with Qatar's Ruler Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, after the pair publicly embraced at the airport.

"During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral relations between the two brotherly countries and ways of consolidating the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) joint action," the official Saudi Press Agency said