Saudi Arabia to reopen borders to Qatar; UAE official says Gulf summit to restore Gulf unity

Saudi Arabia to reopen borders to Qatar; UAE official says Gulf summit to restore Gulf unity

King Salman bin Abdulaziz receives Crown Prince Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani (L) of Qatar in Riyadh, in this February 17, 2015 handout picture. (Reuters Photo)

Saudi Arabia will reopen its airspace and land and sea border to Qatar as of Monday, Kuwait's foreign minister said in televised comments, citing a deal towards resolving a political dispute that led Riyadh and its allies to impose a boycott on Qatar.

Kuwait and the United States have been trying to end the row in which Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and non-Gulf Egypt severed diplomatic, trade and travel ties with Qatar in mid-2017, shattering regional unity which Washington says hinders efforts to contain Iran.

"An agreement has been reached to open airspace and land and sea borders between Saudi Arabia and Qatar as of this evening," Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Ahmad Nasser al-Sabah said on Kuwait TV ahead of a Gulf Arab summit in