Alwaght- Saudi, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain agreed on Sunday to return their ambassadors to Qatar, after an eight-month conflict.
Saudi, UAE, and Bahrain recalled their ambassadors to Qatar on March 5 accusing it of meddling in their internal affairs and supporting Muslim Brotherhood. They claimed that Qatar did not implement an agreement among Persian Gulf countries not to interfere in each other's internal policies.
Kuwait t has had repeatedly launched efforts to resolve the Persian Gulf crisis as a mediator. Nevertheless, despite efforts deployed by Kuwait no reconciliation had been reached because of Qatar's reluctance to recalibrate their foreign policy properties.
The announcement was made by the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) and came after an emergency meeting in the Saudi capital Riyadh to discuss the dispute, which was threatening an annual summit set to be held in Qatar's capital Doha in December.
The PGCC statement said that Sunday's meeting had reached what it described as an understanding meant to turn over a new leaf in relations between the six members of the Gulf organization, which also includes Kuwait and Oman.
"Based on that, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the kingdom of Bahrain decided to return their ambassadors to the state of Qatar," the statement said.
Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar have used their oil and gas revenues to influence events in other West East countries to alter the political environment in Libya, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Yemen. During the recent years, due to the domestic crises and tensions in America-Saudi relations, Al-Saud's power has reached to its minimum level and has lost its heavyweight position among Arab countries. Therefore, other Arab countries, especially Qatar, grabbed the opportunity to get rid of Saudi's domination, and obtain diplomatic weight, at least, in the region.
Enjoying an affluent economy and being the world's richest country per capita, Qatar deployed its efforts to become a policy maker in the region. To achieve this goal Qatar embarked on supporting Muslim Brotherhood and its allied groups throughout the region, particularly in Egypt financially and by it Aljazeera TV channel.
While backing Muslim Brotherhood is the Qatar's best political advantage, Saudi and other Persian Gulf Arab states are hostile to the Brotherhood, fearing its brand of grassroots' activism could undermine their authority. The UAE and Saudi Arabia have both listed the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization and see political Islam as a challenge to their own systems of dynastic rule .
On the other hand, Qatar is worried about the spread of extremism and Takfiri (excommunication) movements from Saudi into its soil. Although, Most Qataris belong to the strict Wahhabi sect and Qatar has the most conservative society in the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council after Saudi Arabia, but Qatar knows that penetration of retrogressive Takfiri thoughts could put their national interests at sever risk and jeopardize their security and consequently their economy.
Diplomats in Doha said that amongst other things, Qatar had promised the UAE that the Brotherhood would not be allowed to operate from the country. It seems that Qatar surrendered to mounting pressure of Saudi regime and its allies.
