On July 17, President Erdoğan embarked on a Gulf tour, encompassing SaudiArabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), with an economy-oriented agenda to foster and fortify trade and investment relations with these influential Gulf nations.
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Turkey and the EU
New Democracy's economic policies make even more sense when considered in conjunction with its foreign policy.
Iran and the Western Sahara
A few years ago, no doubt under the influence of SaudiArabia and the Persian Gulf countries, Morocco began accusing Iran of involvement in the Western Sahara conflict.
Considering the upcoming visits and meetings between Turkey, the UAE, SaudiArabia, and Qatar, Fidan could lead Ankara towards a solution of its long-standing issues.
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Al Arabiya network, a Saudi-owned news outlet, claimed Syrians in Northern Syria prefer Erdoğan over Kılıçdaroğlu, as the latter plans to send refugees back, while in Kurdish-majority areas in Syria, it claimed, they prefer Kılıçdaroğlu.
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Countries like SaudiArabia, the UAE, and Qatar had the international clout needed to bolster Pakistan’s position internationally, which helped break the ice with the U.
SaudiArabia, for example, sells enormous amounts of fossil fuel, and they haven't generated a lot of greenhouse gas emissions because they're not a heavily industrialized country.
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The visit stirred condemnations by several countries such as Qatar, the UAE, SaudiArabia, Kuwait, Turkey, Jordan, and Egypt, and a UN Security Council session was held to discuss the visit, as Palestinian armed factions in Gaza threatened to retaliate.