Saudi Crown Prince and U.A.E. Heir Forge Pivotal Ties

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“MBS and MBZ have created this situation,” Andreas Krieg, a former adviser to Qatar’s government and a Gulf expert at King’s College, London, said of the embargo crisis. Until recently, he said, the Saudi prince got on well with Qatar’s ruling emir. “But because Qatar and the U.A.E. are 180 degrees apart from each other, Saudi Arabia had to make a choice,” Mr. Krieg said. The Saudi leadership was divided over how to handle Qatar, according to several people close to the royal court. Saudi and U.A.E. officials said the decision on Qatar was made jointly. The Saudi royal court didn’t respond to a request for comment.

Period	6 Aug 2017
Held at	Wall Street Journal