#Saudi King Salman formally invites #Qatar 's Emir to attend the #GCC Summit in Riyadh next week amid the ongoing #GulfCrisis - the invitation is likely going to be accepted in Doha as part of signing a new preliminary #Gulf agreement
https://www.spa.gov.sa/2173608 
For the Saudis one of the main demands in this negotiations has been for #Qatar 's emir to come to Riyadh to solve the crisis - it is unlikely that the emir will meet #MbS directly and MbR of Dubai will represent the #UAE as #MbZ the real architect of the crisis will not come
Considering how the blockade was imposed (overnight, without a warning, during Ramadan, targeting the Emir) an appearance of #Qatar 's Emir in #Saudi would be a major concession and show goodwill pressuring Saudi to return a favour
Here is the invitation of the #Saudi king to #Qatar 's emir in full - noteworthy is the absence of the obligatory reference of "brother" used in the invitations to other #GCC leaders- it is little things like that make the difference in the #Gulf https://twitter.com/ZaidBenjamin5/status/1344260591754600448?s=19
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