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There is significant bad blood between the states. This precedes the recent regional hostility towards Qatar.
The origin of the unhappiness involves a history of personal animosity berween ruling families, with a mess of wider political, religious and territorial issues.
As for the other states involved in the "embargo", UAE remains sulky while for KSA and Egypt things are largely back to normal
I believe the last meaningful discussion between the countries ended with:
You take the gas. We will take the oil.
I've attended meetings & small dinners with members of the ruling families, and it's all been very amicable - but the younger generations are slightly more forward thinking than the Patriarchs,
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