Middle East policy of the Arab Gulf states in the light of the aggravation of the regional situation

The article examines the policies of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members during the period of sharp tension in the Middle East region caused by the Israeli armed operation in Gaza. These states interested in ending the war and resolving humanitarian issues. Their main focus was to prevent the conflict from expanding and the outbreak of a full-scale war, for the implementation of their plans for economic reform. Their contacts with Arab and Muslim states and the USA and the EU, were dictated by the desire to achieve these goals. Saudi Arabia, as the leader of the GCC, used diplomatic tools to stop the negative developments. After diplomatic relations between the Saudi Kingdom and Iran were restored in 2023, direct contacts between the two countries leaders became possible. Official representatives of two countries maintained constant contacts to abandon a direct military conflict, both between Israel and Iran, and between Israel and other “resistance forces” supported by Iran. The author analyzes the approaches of GCC states to achieve de-escalation of regional tensions by resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict based on the parameters set out in the Arab Peace Initiative and UN Security Council resolutions, which provide for the creation of an independent Palestinian state within the 1967 borders and with its capital in East Jerusalem. To create a reliable system of regional security, the Arab monarchies considered it necessary to pay close attention to the activities of armed groups not controlled by state power, as destructive and threatening regional security

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