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41st GCC Summit Ends ‘Qatar Diplomatic Crisis’

  • 08 Jan 2021

The 41st summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) was held in Saudi Arabia's Al Ula town.

  • At the summit, in a breakthrough, members of the Arab quartet agreed to establish diplomatic ties with Qatar after three years and a half for funding terrorism.

About GCC

  • The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), headquartered at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a regional intergovernmental political and economic union consisting of all Arab states of the Persian Gulf - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates - except Iraq.

About Qatar Diplomatic Crisis

  • The Qatar diplomatic crisis was a diplomatic incident that began on 5 June 2017 when Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt severed diplomatic relations with Qatar citing its alleged support for terrorism.