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Saudi Arabia and UAE, where the sides confirmed their commitment to continue cooperation on managing the global oil prices as well as to further promote bilateral trade and investment.
Both KSA and UAE were invited to join BRICS, and the 7th Russia-GCC Ministerial Meeting for Strategic Dialogue held in Riyadh in September of 2024
confirmed
that the Russian and the GCC approaches to the Israeli-Palestinian escalation have a lot in common. Both KSA and UAE participated in the XVI BRICS Summit that ...
Beijing is rather reluctant to get deeply involved in intra-regional politics in the Middle East, as this could provoke new tensions with the U.S.
The current escalation in the Middle East has been described by many as a test of influence for China. For example, the media repeatedly suggested that the United States asked China to put pressure on Iran during the latest rounds of escalation, especially after the Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus. Yet, if compared to Qatari, Egyptian...
... Jeddah, where, alongside with the bilateral U.S.-Saudi negotiations, the U.S. president met with a number of Arab leaders in the GCC+3 format (Egypt, Iraq, Jordan) is quite telling. This list indicates the states the Biden administration intends to bet on ... ... administration, which formally declared Israeli settlements in the West Bank not contrary to international law and recognized Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel. By and large, the status of Jerusalem, like the issue of Jewish settlements, is ...
... Ali Khamenei even Tweeted #UAEStabsMuslims on Sept. 1, in response to the deal. Subsequently, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary General admonished Iran “for interfering in the domestic affairs of another country.”
Officials in the UAE ... ... has been accompanied by the establishment of a nuclear weapons program, and a territorial dispute over the Gulf islands Abu Musa, Greater Tunb, and Lesser Tunb. Iran’s ability to endanger critical sea choke points such as the Strait of Hormuz and the ...
... turn.
Likewise and although its roots are not the same, what we are seeing vis-a-vis Qatar would have to entertain a new set of considerations. And I would add here that I think it was a huge mistake to enact the blockade of Qatar and threaten a fellow GCC state in such a way, it also exacerbated problems in the sub-region. An unintended bi-product by the way is that it actually strengthened Qatar.
So, what are the choices facing the U.S. in the region? What are the signifiers of breaks rather than ...
... indeed yield better bilateral relations between Iran and some of its neighbours, it does not necessarily guarantee progress in terms of multilateral dialogue. If rewarding for the Iranians, this is not the best way forward. A coordinated approach by the GCC making a counter-offer on the basis on a limited crisis management mechanism specifically focused on the maritime security in the Gulf (and taking off the table some Iranian proposals such as those related to foreign military bases, which are not ...
Interests of the Leading Actors, Russia’s Presence in Southeast Europe and Russia’s New Strategy
In 2016, the new Foreign Policy Concept of the Russian Federation was announced. The absence of such concepts as "the Balkans," "Serbia" and "Southeast Europe" in the text of the Concept clearly reflects Russia's influence and opinions on the subject. The Concept only mentions "Europe" and the "Euro-Atlantic region." Calling the Balkans a part of the...
... countries of the Middle East. Russia is, more specifically, developing ties with the region within the framework of the Arab-Russian Cooperation Forum and in the form of strategic cooperation with the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) [
31
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China cooperates with the region’s countries through its traditional cooperation formats, such as the China–Arab Cooperation Forum. The BRICS and the SCO could serve as a promising platform for the development of contacts between Moscow ...
... Idlib were to be transported to east Aleppo, while Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and the rebels were to
give
up the towns of Madaya and Zabadani near Damascus to the regime represented by the Lebanese Hezbollah.
Aleksandr Aksenenok, Omar Mahmood:
Russia – GCC Relations After the Signing of the JCPOA
This chain of events gave Riyadh yet another reason to be weary of Qatar potentially resuming its unfriendly activities and spurred on the Kingdom’s urgent plans that aimed to interfere with Qatar’s plans....
... troubles the GCC. Qatari Emir Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani was quoted as saying that the parties discussed interference of non-Arab countries in the regional affairs, clearly referring to Tehran. In a statement released at the Camp David summit the US and the GCC agreed to “cooperate in countering Iran’s destabilizing activities in the region and continue consultations on how to enhance the region’s security architecture.”
REUTERS/Jim Bourg/Piхstream
Nikolay Soukhov:
One Thousand and One Nights: Barack Obama
on Missile Defence in the Persian Gulf
Оne of the agreements reached at the summit was to jointly develop a region-wide ballistic missile defense capability and a ballistic missile early warning system.
Quite significantly,...
