'Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi's conditions from the beginning of the Qatar crisis created a zero-sum dispute.' Opinion | GiorgioCafiero
Three recent events this month have left some observers considering the possibility of the Saudi-led campaign against Qatar beginning to crack. Yet only a handful of Gulf experts have been optimistic and for only a handful of reasons.to Qatar’s Emir Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani to mark the first day of Ramadan. The rare conversation was the first between the two since the Gulf crisis broke out in the middle of 2017.
This event, which Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, inaugurated with a speech that called for resolving disputes peacefully and respecting international legitimacy, marked theThird, on the same day as the Bahraini foreign minister’s call to the emir of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates released a Qatari naval vessel and its crew , which was detained on April 30 after entering Emirati territorial waters.
At the same time, Qatar has basically proven itself capable of weathering this blockade and thriving even if the siege becomes a permanent reality.
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