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KUWAIT CITY (AFP) -- Oil powerhouse Saudi Arabia and its tiny Persian Gulf neighbor Qatar have reached a settlement to their years-long dispute following a summit, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported on Monday.
Under the deal, Riyadh will send its envoy back to Doha by the end of the year and would also allow the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television to open an office in the Saudi capital, Al-Jarida said, quoting Arab and Qatari sources.
In return, Qatar has agreed to a Saudi demand that Al-Jazeera stop ""undermining"" and ""campaigning"" against the desert kingdom, the daily quoted the sources as saying.
Saudi Arabia recalled its ambassador from Doha in 2002 when Al-Jazeera aired a debate in which participants strongly criticized the Saudi royal family, and the two neighbors often snipe at each other through their respective media.
But in a bid to ease tensions, Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani held talks with Saudi King Abdullah in the Red Sea city of Jeddah on Saturday during a brief visit.
The move comes three months before Qatar is due to host the annual summit of the pro-Western Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) grouping Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates alongside Qatar.
Abdullah, who boycotted a PGCC summit in Qatar in 2002 when he was crown prince and de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, will now attend the next summit in December, the Kuwaiti daily said
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Under the deal, Riyadh will send its envoy back to Doha by the end of the year and would also allow the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television to open an office in the Saudi capital, Al-Jarida said, quoting Arab and Qatari sources.
In return, Qatar has agreed to a Saudi demand that Al-Jazeera stop ""undermining"" and ""campaigning"" against the desert kingdom, the daily quoted the sources as saying.
Saudi Arabia recalled its ambassador from Doha in 2002 when Al-Jazeera aired a debate in which participants strongly criticized the Saudi royal family, and the two neighbors often snipe at each other through their respective media.
But in a bid to ease tensions, Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani held talks with Saudi King Abdullah in the Red Sea city of Jeddah on Saturday during a brief visit.
The move comes three months before Qatar is due to host the annual summit of the pro-Western Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) grouping Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates alongside Qatar.
Abdullah, who boycotted a PGCC summit in Qatar in 2002 when he was crown prince and de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, will now attend the next summit in December, the Kuwaiti daily said
Saudi, Qatar resolve long-running dispute: report
KUWAIT CITY (AFP) -- Oil powerhouse Saudi Arabia and its tiny Persian Gulf neighbor Qatar have reached a settlement to their years-long dispute following a summit, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported on Monday.
