GCC and Camp David Summit
U.S. President Barack Obama invited leaders from the Gulf Cooperation Council countries – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates – to the White House on May 13 and to Camp David on May 14, 2015, to discuss ways to enhance their partnership and deepen security cooperation.[1]
President Obama's invitation to GCC leaders for a summit at Camp David is being seen as an exercise to dispel doubts that the announcement of a framework for an Iran nuclear agreement and the proposed nuclear deal might put Iran on a path where it might start asserting its regional hegemony, leading to a growing security threat in the region.[2]
On May 5, 2015, leaders of five Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries met in Riyadh, ahead of the GCC Foreign Ministers' meeting in Paris on May 8, 2015, and the Camp David Summit the following week.[3] The main agenda of the GCC foreign ministers' meeting in Paris was to draw the main talking points for the following week’s GCC Summit at Camp David. The meeting in Paris, followed by the Camp David Summit, gained considerable leverage from the latest Saudi stand in favor of a political process in Yemen to resolve the Yemeni crisis[4] peacefully. As a first step in this direction, Saudi Arabia, supported by the U.S. and other allies, is working for a five-day ceasefire in Yemen to allow humanitarian aid to enter Yemen. Saudi Arabia wants the Houthi rebel movement and their allies to abide by this ceasefire and bring a complete halt to hostilities during this period.[5]
References
- ↑ "Statement by the Press Secretary on the United States-GCC Summit". Office of the Press Secretary, white House. Whitehouse. 17 April 2015. Archived from the original on 9 January 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ↑ "The Camp David Conference Under the Shadow of Cuba". washingtoninstitute.org. The Washington Institute. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ↑ "From Riyadh to Paris to Camp David". middleeasttransparent.com. middleeasttransparent.com. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18.
- ↑ Yemeni Civil War (2015)
- ↑ "Kerry talks of "effective diplomacy for potential solutions" ahead of Camp David". newsroom24x7.com. Newsroom24x7. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
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