A statement issued by The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Bahrain The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Bahrain issued today the following statement: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Bahrain would like to clarify that: Based on what is dictated by the principles of the tolerant Islamic Sharia of the need for unity, cooperation and non-dissention in compliance with the verse in which Allah says in the Holy Quran And hold fast, all together, by the Rope which Allah (stretches out for you), and be not divided among yourselves, and the verse, And obey Allah and His Messenger; and fall into no disputes, lest ye lose heart and your power depart, Committed to the principles on which the statute of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) was based on, which provided for the realization of member states of common destiny and unity of purpose that combine their peoples and the Councils aim to achieve coordination, cooperation and interdependence among member states in all fields for the unity, deep-rooted strong ties and existing cooperation between their peoples in various fields, And stemming from the sincere desire of the leaders for the need to exert all efforts for closer ties between the GCC countries and according to the aspirations of the people for the need to maintain what has been accomplished of achievements and gains as priority of maintaining the security and stability of the GCC countries, which is stipulated in the security agreement signed between the GCC countries as a collective responsibility borne by these countries; these countries have made great efforts to communicate with the State of Qatar at all levels in order to agree on a course approach that ensures the movement within the framework of a unified policy for the GCC countries based on the principles set forth in the Statute of the GCC in the agreements signed between them, including the security agreement, and a commitment to the principles that ensure non-interference in the internal affairs of any of the GCC countries, either directly or indirectly , and not to support all of the actions that threaten the security and stability of the GCC countries by organisations or individuals, either through direct security work or by attempting political influence as well as not supporting hostile media. However, these efforts have resulted in the approval of the State of Qatar of that through the signing of Shaikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, on the agreement following a meeting held in Riyadh on 23-11-2013 in the presence of Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait, which was signed and endorsed by all the leaders of the GCC member countries, the three countries had hoped that the above mentioned agreement to be put into effect by the State of Qatar if signed. Yet, in light of the passing of more than three months after the signing of the agreement with no necessary actions being taken by the State of Qatar to put it into effect, and based on the approach of openness and full transparency, which the leaders of the three countries were consistently adopting in all the issues related to high national interests of their countries and sensing the gravity of great challenges being witnessed by the region as well as variables relating to decisive issues directly affecting the security and stability of the GCC countries, the responsibility entrusted to the three leaders necessitated assigning their foreign ministers of their respective countries to clarify the seriousness of the matter to the State of Qatar and the importance of standing together against whatever might destabilize the fundamentals and be detrimental to the security of their countries and stability in the meeting, which was held in Kuwait on 17-2-2014 in the presence of Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait; Shaikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar and the GCC Foreign Ministers Council, in which they agreed that the foreign ministers of the Council develop a mechanism to monitor the implementation of the Riyadh agreement. This was followed by a meeting of foreign ministers of the GCC countries in Riyadh on 4-3-2014, during which major attempts were made to persuade the State of Qatar of the importance to take the necessary measures to put the Riyadh agreement into effect and agree on a mechanism to monitor its implementation. However, all these efforts have not resulted, with great regret, in the consent of the State of Qatar to adhere to these procedures, so the three countries have to start taking whatever they deem appropriate to protect their security and stability by withdrawing their ambassadors from the State of Qatar, as of today 5-3-2014. The three countries confirm their keenness on the interests of all the people of the GCC member States, including the brotherly people of Qatar whom they consider as an integral part of the other people of the GCC member States, , hoping that the State of Qatar takes immediate steps to respond to what had been agreed upon and to protect the march of the GCC countries from any rift as all the GCC people build high hopes on their GCC council.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 11:34:42 +0000
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