Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani is greeted at King Salman Air Base, by Governor of Riyadh Region, HRH Prince Faisal Bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, yesterday.
Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will participate today along with their majesties and their highnesses leaders of the GCC in the 17th consultative summit, the GCC-United States Summit, and the Arab-Islamic-US Summit in Riyadh.
Emir and the accompanying delegation were greeted at King Salman Air Base by Governor of Riyadh Region, HRH Prince Faisal Bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Governor, HRH Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, a number of their royal highness princes, GCC Secretary-General, Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Ambassador of Qatar to the Kingdom, Sheikh Abdullah bin Thamer Al Thani, Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Qatar, Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Aifan, and members of the Qatari Embassy.
The GCC-US Summit will reflect the depth of the strategic partnership between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the US, and the strong relations between the two sides in various fields that span more than half a century.
The highly anticipated summit is the third in two year. It followed Camp David summit in 2015 and another summit in Riyadh in April 2016. Both summits discussed key issues in the Middle East and worked on a convergence of views in a number of files. Held under the slogan "Together We Prevail", the summit will focus on the threats facing security and stability in the region, combating terrorism and building trade relations between the United States and the GCC countries.
The Riyadh Summit will be an opportunity for US President Donald Trump to adopt new positions towards GCC and Arab issues, especially since the international and regional situation has changed significantly, and the GCC countries, an main regional and international player that cannot be ignored, will act effectively against the changes that are affecting them directly.
The Summit will also be an opportunity to review the priorities of the US policy in the region, especially in the face of the continuing attempts to destabilise the region. It will also discuss the Syrian crisis, which entered its seventh year, the fate of Assad in the political settlement, the fight against terrorism and the ISIS, the Palestinian cause, the support for legitimacy in Yemen, and the Libyan crisis.
