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Qatar made a series of secret agreements with its Gulf neighbors in 2013 and 2014, signed by the leaders of those countries. A third supplemental agreement was made in 2014. The agreements are translated by CNN below, followed by the original documents in Arabic, including the handwritten 2013 agreement. 1: The handwritten 2013 agreement On Saturday, 19/1/1435 (Hijri Calendar, November 2013), The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Kind Abdullah Bin Abdel Aziz Al-Saud, the Kind of Saudi Arabia, and his brother His Highness Sheikh Sabbah Al-Ahmad Al-Jabber Al-Sabbah, the Prince of Kuwait, and his brother His Higness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the prince of Qatar, met in Riyadh. They held extensive deliberations in which they conducted a full revision of what taints the relations between the [Gulf Cooperation] Council states, the challenges facing its security and stability, and means to abolish whatever muddies the relations. Due to the importance of laying the foundation for a new phase of collective work between the Council’s states, in order to guarantee its movement within a unified political framework based on the principles included in the main system of the Cooperation Council, the following has been agreed upon: 1. No interference in the internal affairs of the Council’s states, whether directly or indirectly. Not to give asylum/refuge or give nationality to any citizen of the Council states that has an activity opposes his country’s regimes, except with the approval of his country; no support to deviant groups that oppose their states; and no support for antagonistic media. 2. No support to the Muslim Brotherhood or any of the organizations, groups or individuals that threaten the security and stability of the Council states through direct security work or through political influence. 3. Not to present any support to any faction in Yemen that could pose a threat to countries neighboring Yemen. 2. The 2014 agreement Top Secret The Supplementary Riyadh Agreement Based on a generous invitation by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdel-Aziz Al-Saud, the king of Saudi Arabia, the following have met in Riyadh today, Sunday, 23/1/1436 (Hijri Calendar), 16/11/2014 (Gregorian Calendar): His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabbah, the Prince of Kuwait, His Majesty King Hamad Bin Eissa Al-Khalifa, King of Bahrain; His Highness Shiekh Tamim Bin Hamd Bin Khalifa Al-Thanki, Prince of Qatar; His
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QatarmadeaseriesofsecretagreementswithitsGulfneighborsin2013and2014,signedbytheleadersofthosecountries.Athirdsupplementalagreementwasmadein2014.TheagreementsaretranslatedbyCNNbelow,followedbytheoriginaldocumentsinArabic,includingthehandwritten2013agreement.
1:Thehandwritten2013agreement
OnSaturday,19/1/1435(HijriCalendar,November2013),TheCustodianoftheTwoHolyMosquesKindAbdullahBinAbdelAzizAl-Saud,theKindofSaudiArabia,andhisbrotherHisHighnessSheikhSabbahAl-AhmadAl-JabberAl-Sabbah,thePrinceofKuwait,andhisbrotherHisHignessSheikhTamimbinHamadbinKhalifaAl-Thani,theprinceofQatar,metinRiyadh.
Theyheldextensivedeliberationsinwhichtheyconductedafullrevisionofwhattaintstherelationsbetweenthe[GulfCooperation]Councilstates,thechallengesfacingitssecurityandstability,andmeanstoabolishwhatevermuddiestherelations.
DuetotheimportanceoflayingthefoundationforanewphaseofcollectiveworkbetweentheCouncil’sstates,inordertoguaranteeitsmovementwithinaunifiedpoliticalframeworkbasedontheprinciplesincludedinthemainsystemoftheCooperationCouncil,thefollowinghasbeenagreedupon:
1. NointerferenceintheinternalaffairsoftheCouncil’sstates,whetherdirectlyorindirectly.Nottogiveasylum/refugeorgivenationalitytoanycitizenoftheCouncilstatesthathasanactivityopposeshiscountry’sregimes,exceptwiththeapprovalofhiscountry;nosupporttodeviantgroupsthatopposetheirstates;andnosupportforantagonisticmedia.
2. NosupporttotheMuslimBrotherhoodoranyoftheorganizations,groupsorindividualsthatthreatenthesecurityandstabilityoftheCouncilstatesthroughdirectsecurityworkorthroughpoliticalinfluence.
3. NottopresentanysupporttoanyfactioninYementhatcouldposeathreattocountriesneighboringYemen.
2.The2014agreement
TopSecret
TheSupplementaryRiyadhAgreement
BasedonagenerousinvitationbytheCustodianoftheTwoHolyMosquesKingAbdullahBinAbdel-AzizAl-Saud,thekingofSaudiArabia,thefollowinghavemetinRiyadhtoday,Sunday,23/1/1436(HijriCalendar),16/11/2014(GregorianCalendar):HisHighnessSheikhSabahAl-AhmadAl-JaberAl-Sabbah,thePrinceofKuwait,HisMajestyKingHamadBinEissaAl-Khalifa,KingofBahrain;HisHighnessShiekhTamimBinHamdBinKhalifaAl-Thanki,PrinceofQatar;His
HighnessSheikhMohamedBinRashedAl-Maktom,thevicepresidentandprimeministeroftheUnitedArabEmiratesandthegovernorofDubai;andHisHighnessMohamedBinZayedAl-Nahyan,theCrownPrinceofAbuDhabi,andthedeputyCommanderoftheArmedForcesoftheUnitedArabEmirates.ThiswastocementthespiritofsincerecooperationandtoemphasizethejointfateandtheaspirationsofthesonsoftheGulfCooperationCouncilforastrongbondandsolidrapprochement.
AfterdiscussingthecommitmentsstemmingfromtheRiyadhAgreementsigned19/1/1435(Hijri)–23/11/2013anditsexecutivemeasures;reviewingthereportsofthecommitteefollowingtheexecutionandtheresultsofthejointfollow-up[operation]room;andreviewingtheconclusionsofthereportofthefollow-uproomsignedon10/1/1436(Hijri)–3/11/2014(Gregorian)bytheintelligencechiefsoftheKingdomofSaudiArabia,theUnitedArabEmirates,theKingdomeofBahrainandthestateofQatar.
Thefollowinghasbeenreached:
1. Stressingthatnon-committingtoanyofthearticlesoftheRiyadhAgreementanditsexecutivemeasureamountstoaviolationoftheentiretyoftheagreement.
2. Whattheintelligencechiefshavereachedintheaforementionedreportisconsideredastepforwardtoimplement(notclearbecauseofthebadresolution,itcouldbeSAVE))Riyadhagreementanditsexecutivemeasures,withthenecessityofthefullcommitmenttoimplementingeverythingstatedinthem(agreementandtheIntelligencereport)withintheperiodofonemonthfromthedateoftheagreement.
3. Nottogiverefuge,employ,orsupportwhetherdirectlyorindirectly,whetherdomesticallyorabroad,toanypersonsoramediaapparatusthatharborsinclinationsharmfultoanyGulfCooperationCouncilstate.Everystateiscommittedtotakingalltheregulatory,legalandjudicialmeasuresagainstanyonewho[commits]anyencroachmentagainstGulfCooperationCouncilstates,includingputtinghimontrialandannouncingitinthemedia.
4. AllcountriesarecommittedtotheGulfCooperationCouncildiscoursetosupporttheArabRepublicofEgypt,andcontributingtothissecurity,stabilityanditsfinancialsupport;andceasingallmeidaactivitydirectedagainsttheArabRepublicofEgyptinallmediaplatforms,whetherdirectlyorindirectly,includingalltheoffensesbroadcastedonAl-jazeera,Al-JazeeraMubashirMasr,andtoworktostopalloffensesinEgyptianmedia.
Accordingly,ithasbeendecidedthattheRiyadhAgreement,anditsexecutivemeasures,andthecomponentsofthesupplementaryagreement,requiresthefullcommitmenttoitsimplementation.Theleadershavetaskedtheintelligencechiefstofollowupontheimplementationofthisresultsofthissupplementaryagreementandtoreportregularlytotheleaders,inordertotakethemeasuresthedeemnecessarytoprotectthesecurityandstabilityoftheircountries.
IthasbeenagreedthatimplementingtheaforementionedcommitmentspoursintheunityoftheCouncilstatesandtheirinterestsandthefutureoftheirpeoples,andsignalsanewpagethatwillbethestrongbasetoadvancethepathofjointworkandmovingtowardsastrongGulfentity.
3.2014supplementalagreement.
Thisatranslationfromameetingoftheforeignministersfollowingtheinitialagreementoftheleadersin2013.It’sadetailedimplementationmechanismforthethreepointsthatcomprisethe2013documentwehadlastnight.Thisisaroughtranslation
1. Setsannualmeetingsfortheforeignministersforreview
2. GCCheadsofstatestakethenecessarymeasuresagainstothernon-abidingstates.
Requiredmeasures
A. ConcerningdomesticaffairsoftheGCC:
1.Thecommitmentofallmedianetworksownedorfinanced–directlyorindirectly–byamemberstatetonotdiscusstopicsharmfultotheGCCstates.Alistofuschmediaoutletswouldbepreparedandupdatedperiodically.
2.Eachmemberstatecommitstonotgivingitscitizenshiptowhoeverisproventohavebeeninvolvedinoppositionactivitiesagainsttheirgovernments.Eachcountrywillreportthenamesofitscitizens,involvedinopposition,tothecountriestheyresidein.Thisisinordertostoptheiractivitiesandtakethenecessarymeasuresagainstthem.
3.Takeallthenecessaryprecautionsthatguaranteenointerferenceintheinternalaffairsofotherstates:suchas:1.Nofinancialormediasupportbyofficialorsocietalinstitutions,individualoractivists.2.Norefugeorencouragementorsupportormakingthecountryaplatformforopposition.3preventingexternalgroups,partiesandorganizationsthattargettheGCCfromfindingaplaceinsideGDDcountries.4.ProhibitsfinancialorintangiblesupporttoexternalorganizationshostiletotheGCC
Concerningforeignpolicy:CommittingtocollectiondiscourseoftheGCCandnottosupportentitiesthatposearisktotheGCCincluding:
1. NosupportottheMuslimBrotherhood,whetherfinanciallyorthroughmedia.
2. Agreeingtoexpellingthenon-citizenMuslimBrotherhoodmembers,withintheagreedtimeframeandcoordinatingthelistsofthesepeople
3. NOsupporttotehoutsidegroupsthatposeathreattothesecurityandstabilityofGCCwhetherinYemen,Syriaoranyofthesitesofsedition.
4. NosupportorofferingrefutetothosewhocommitactsinoppositiontoanyoftheGCCstates,whethertheyarecurrentorformerofficialsorothers,andnotfacilitatingaplaceforthesepeopleinsidethecountryorallowingthemtoharmanotherGCCcountry
5. ShuttingdownallacademiesandcentersthattrainandrehabilitateGCCcitizenstoworkagainsttheirowngovernments.
ConcerninginternalsecurityofGCC:Bilateralmeetingsbetweensecurityofficialstodiscussthedetailsofthesecurityfiles.
