... has a specific relationship with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), they have been working on a free trade agreement for some ... ... Europe. In terms of the trend, Europe is increasingly engaging with Saudi Arabia in terms of security, in an assortment of economic ... ... delegation to Kuwait is an indication of their relationship. The UAE too is allied to nearly all EU states.
Saudi Arabia accused ... ... past 6–7 years, Qatar has started to work very closely with Iran, while Saudi Arabia and Iran have hostile relationships. Iran ...
... interests independent of Riyadh.
On 5 June 2017, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and five other ... ... also recalled their ambassadors from Qatar. Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain suspended flights to Qatar and shut their land ... ... hand, may prove unacceptable to the Saudis. Despite Hamas’s and Iran’s differences over Syria, Tehran continued to
support the ... ... Lebanese Hezbollah.
Aleksandr Aksenenok, Omar Mahmood:
Russia – GCC Relations After the Signing of the JCPOA
This chain of events ...
Despite differences over Syria and the Iranian nuclear deal, contemporary GCC-Russian relations are arguably at an apex, both in terms of shared interests and mutual understanding
Russian and GCC commentators ... ... against the backdrop of the West’s colonial policies, which were characterized by dividing and plundering the Arab states. Saudi Arabia appreciates that in those difficult initial years, Moscow provided Riyadh with critical oil products, bizarre as ...
... subsidies in order to generate additional sources of revenue and to hold down the ever-increasing domestic energy consumption.
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GCC states differ in terms of the oil price needed to balance their budgets. IMF estimates show that Kuwait needs the lowest price at $47 followed by Qatar at $59 and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at $73. Bahrain and Oman need oil prices at $93 and $94. Saudi Arabia has the highest break-even price at $103.
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Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh
The Iranian government faces similar difficulties. Hassan Rouhani presented a government ...
