Gargash: Travel, Trade between Gulf States and Qatar May Resume Within a Week

Gargash: Travel, Trade between Gulf States and Qatar May Resume Within a Week

Gulf states could resume travel and trade links with Doha within a week, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said on Thursday.

Gargash told a virtual news conference that measures to be implemented within a week of the GCC summit held in Saudi Arabia's AlUla on Tuesday "include practical measures of airlines, shipping and trade.”

However, he said, other issues would take time.

"Some issues are easier to fix and some others will take a longer time," Gargash said, adding that bilateral working groups would try to move those forward. "We have a very good start ... but we have issues with rebuilding trust."

Gargash said the main issue with Turkey and Iran was interference in Arab sovereignty and interests and that mending the Gulf rift would foster more "collective agreement on geostrategic issues" despite differences in approaches.