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The three states last month said they would return their ambassadors to Doha after an “historic” agreement was signed in Riyadh outlining the steps Qatar must take to show its solidarity with the Gulf. Sheikh Khalid said the agreement focused on ensuring GCC support for the new government of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Egypt.
“We committed to each others’ security and stability and are now committed not to hurt each other in Egypt,” he said.
According to the agreement, Qatar is to match Saudi and Emirati financial aid to the Egyptian government and is to end support for the Muslim Brotherhood, which Sheikh Khalid accused of carrying out terrorist attacks in Egypt.
Qatar’s powerful media empire, centred around Al Jazeera television, is also expected to change its editorial stance, said Sheikh Khalid, which will “stop Al Jazeera putting bad coverage on events in Egypt or anti-Egyptian government coverage”.
Doha has also signed up to commitments with individual countries, pledging to stop hosting dissidents from fellow GCC states, said Sheikh Khalid.
The Qatari government declined to comment on the agreement.
A GCC operations room has been established in Riyadh to monitor compliance with the agreement, Sheikh Khaled said.
Initial signs of compliance with the agreement were encouraging, he said, but he conceded that Qatar may come back into the GCC fold “step by step”, and cited a “very unhelpful” report broadcast on Al Jazeera English on Bahrain’s parliamentary elections last month.
The Bahraini government claims the vote – the first since widespread unrest in 2011 – marks a new era thanks to a 52.6 per cent turnout despite a boycott by the Shia-led opposition. Sheikh Khaled said the new government – to be formed in the coming weeks – would work with the newly-empowered parliament to implement more social, security and political reforms to consign the “terrible events of 2011” to history.
However, opposition groups have dismissed the poll as a “sham” and say the turnout was lower than official figures claim. They say the new parliament’s credibility is undermined by hundreds of jailed political prisoners and charge that the legislature will be controlled the ruling family.
Oil-dependent Bahrain is receiving cash transfers from wealthier GCC states less affected by the slide in oil prices. Some $10bn was pledged over ten years to help the country through an economic slump since the unrest of 2011. Around $7.5bn has already been allocated, with Qatar’s $2.5bn share expected to flow now the GCC spat has ended.
About $5bn has already been earmarked for housing, health and education projects, officials say, as the government seeks to clear a backlog of 50,000 housing applications.
Opposition sources say funds have been skewed towards loyalist Sunni segments of society. Bahraini officials say the money will be used to benefit all aspects of society.
“Before we had difficulties with housing and now, thanks to our GCC brothers, we are going forward,” said Sheikh Khalid.
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