Qatar Forces Replacement of GCC Chief Bahraini Nominee……….
“Manama: Bahrain has named Abdul Lateef Bin Rashid Al Zayani as the next secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The nomination announced late on Thursday is expected to put an end to a long and mostly silent dispute between Bahrain and Qatar, which had threatened to mar their relations and undermine the six-member GCC alliance. "The decision to nominate Al Zayani came in response to a letter His Majesty King Hamad Bin Eisa Al Khalifa received from King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques," Bahrain News Agency (BNA) said. "The letter was handed over by Prince Mutib Bin Abdullah Al Saud, deputy commander for executive affairs of the Saudi National Guard. Bahrain highly values King Abdullah's mediation and efforts to further enhance relations and strengthen mutual co-operation among GCC countries," the news agency said. Al Zayani, a major-general who heads Bahrain's public security….. Bahrain had initially selected Mohammad Al Mutawa, a former information minister and presently cultural adviser to the prime minister………………”
Qatar held up the nomination of the first Al (Mutawa) even as Bahrain and the others insisted that the first Al was their man, that he will be confirmed. Now it looks like King Abdullah has obtained a promise from Qatar to vote for this second Al (the state security general, if you know what that means and you probably don’t, at least hopefully not firsthand). That was probably the same deal whereby Qatar released tens of Saudi security officers involved in a coup d’etat attempt against the Emir of Qatar in the 1990s.
I told you the Gulf GCC affairs can be interesting occasionally, even all their officials seem so anal in public.
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