Emir of Qatar Hails AlUla Declaration, Importance of GCC

Emir of Qatar Hails AlUla Declaration, Importance of GCC

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, addresses the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021 (AP)

Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani stressed on Tuesday that the AlUla declaration had closed a chapter of differences between Gulf brothers.

The declaration was announced in January at a Gulf Cooperation Council summit hosted in Saudi Arabia’s AlUla. The declaration helped end the Gulf rift between Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt with Qatar.

The declaration “came as an embodiment of the principle of resolving differences through dialogue based on common interests and mutual respect. We are confident of consolidating this concordance that has happened between brothers,” added Sheikh Tamim at the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

“The issue of conflicts has kept the United Nations busy and placed many burdens on it since its foundation. Unfortunately, the Middle East region is a source of a large part of these burdens. Hence, Qatar considers contributing to the field of peaceful resolution of conflicts, including putting forward concepts of collective security, as one of its priorities. As there is no security,