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Egypt yesterday hailed a “new era” in Arab solidarity after Gulf states agreed to end an internal dispute and to strengthen unity among them.
Cairo said it offered its full support to the reconciliation move, which it described as a “huge step towards Arab solidarity”.
“We look forward to a new era that would end past disputes and spread hope and optimism to our peoples,” Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s office said
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain agreed on Sunday to return their ambassadors to Doha after resolving their differences with Qatar. They had announced the withdrawal of their envoys from Qatar in March.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, earlier yesterday urged “Egypt, the people and leadership, to seek with us the success of this (reconciliation) move as part of Arab solidarity,” according to the official SPA news agency.
He said the kingdom looked forward “to the start of a new phase of consensus” among Arab nations and voiced hope for “security and stability for our people amid these circumstances and challenges” facing the region.
The agreement offers “a general framework for unity, consensus, and an end to differences” among Arab states, the king said.
Both the UAE and Bahrain also welcomed the statement made by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah.
The UAE praised the statement which called for turning a new page to push the process of joint GCC and Arab action, the Emirates news agency Wam reported.
Bahrain affirmed total support for the “significant stances” announced by the Saudi monarch.
