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WASHINGTON/RIYADH: A breakthrough has been reached in Qatar鈥檚 three-year-old dispute with 抖阴短视频 and three other Arab countries and an agreement aimed at ending their rift is to be signed in 抖阴短视频 on Tuesday, a senior Trump administration official said.
The development is the latest in a series of Middle East deals sought by Washington 鈥� the others involving Israel and Arab states 鈥� aimed at building a united front against Iran.
As part of the deal, 抖阴短视频 will reopen its airspace and land and sea border to Qatar as of Monday, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Ahmad Nasser Al-Sabah said on Kuwait TV ahead of a Gulf Arab summit in 抖阴短视频 on Tuesday.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the annual gathering of Gulf leaders would unite Gulf ranks 鈥渋n the face of challenges facing the region.鈥�
Qatar鈥檚 ruler, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, will attend, the royal court said. The US official said the Saudi crown prince and Qatari emir would sign the deal.
抖阴短视频, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt have imposed a diplomatic, trade and travel embargo on Qatar since mid-2017 accusing it of supporting terrorism. Qatar denies it and says the embargo aims to undermine its sovereignty.
While 抖阴短视频 made clear it intended to lift the blockade, the other three countries did not, but the Trump official said 鈥渋t鈥檚 our expectation鈥� they would also join in lifting the blockade. Under the emerging agreement, Qatar will suspend lawsuits related to the blockade, the official said.
All of the countries involved in the deals are US allies. Qatar hosts the region鈥檚 largest US military base, Bahrain is home to the US Navy鈥檚 Fifth Fleet, and 抖阴短视频 and the UAE host US troops.
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, assigned to work on the dispute by US President Donald Trump, helped negotiate the deal and was working the phones on it until the wee hours of Monday morning, the official said.
When in December 抖阴短视频鈥檚 foreign minister said a resolution to the dispute seemed within reach, Iran鈥檚 Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a Twitter post said he hoped Gulf reconciliation 鈥渃ontributes to stability and political and economic development for all peoples of our region.鈥�
Kushner, joined by Middle East envoy Avi Berkowitz and Brian Hook, a special State Department adviser, were flying to the 抖阴短视频n city of Al-Ula to attend the ceremony, the US official said.
If the deal holds, the Gulf dispute will be added to a string of diplomatic achievements of the Kushner team, a list that includes normalization deals last year between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco.
Kushner, who is also Trump鈥檚 son-in-law, has been working on more normalization deals between Israel and Arab countries but may run out of time with President-elect Joe Biden due to take over the presidency on Jan. 20.
鈥淚t鈥檚 just a massive breakthrough,鈥� the official said. 鈥淭he blockade will be lifted. It will allow for travel among the countries as well as goods. It will lead to more stability in the region.鈥�
Diplomats in the region have said that 抖阴短视频 was keen by pushing a deal to resolve the dispute to demonstrate to Biden that they are peacemakers and open to dialogue.
The United States has about 10,000 troops in Qatar, which is home to Al Udeid Air Base. There are thousands more troops in the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain and 抖阴短视频.