Saudi King Salman inaugurated the annual Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Riyadh on Dec. 9, Al Jazeera reported. But just before the summit, Qatar's Foreign Ministry announced that Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani would not attend the meetings.
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