The visit of US President Donald Trump to the Arab Gulf region, specifically to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the State of Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, gained great strategic and political importance, and it met global media momentum, especially since the American President was keen to choose three countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council to be his first external destination since his return to the White House last January, in addition to the holding of the American Gulf Summit in the city of Riyadh, which is the fifth summit between the United States of America and the countries of the Cooperation Council Al -Khaleeji, after she held 4 previous times, was the first in Camp David May 2015, and the second in April 2016, while the third was in May 2017 in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, with the participation of US President Donald Trump during his first term, and came the fourth in July 2022 with Arab participation that included Egypt, Jordan and Iraq.
From this standpoint, the visit revealed the extent of the Trump administration’s interest in strengthening relations with the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, especially since those who hold the slogan “America first” are keen to consolidate relations with those countries that represent political and economic weight, Gulf, regionally and internationally, and therefore the American President does not hide the extent of his keenness to stabilize his country’s interests in the region, in addition to that the Gulf Cooperation Council countries with their political influence plays the role of international mediation for peace In regional and international files, those files that receive great attention from Washington in the first place.
Therefore, Trump was keen after the visit to announce the deals concluded with billions of dollars, in addition to his position on Syria, where he launched diplomatic signals towards Damascus, stressing that he “decided to lift the sanctions on Syria after discussing this matter with the Saudi Crown Prince, and the decision came to give the Syrians a new opportunity.”
Not only that, but he was keen to emphasize his optimism that a nuclear agreement with Iran was near.
In the economic matter, perhaps one of the most prominent gains that the Gulf Cooperation Council states from visiting the American President’s visit is to consolidate bilateral cooperation in the areas of advanced technology and artificial intelligence, so the agreements concerned with technology and artificial intelligence came at the top of the agreements signed between Washington on the one hand, Riyadh, Doha, and Abu Dhabi on the other hand, especially since investments in this field came with huge amounts, which confirms that the Gulf states are in Its path to be a regional center for innovation, data and digital transformation, while international reports indicate that the region is on its way until the third strength center in global competition for artificial intelligence after the United States of America and China.
The Gulf states seek to invest and conclude agreements in the field of technology and artificial intelligence, a distinct strategic step and a long -term view of the future through which it will gain many gains that enhance aspirations in this vital and strategic sector, and increase the political and economic weight of the countries of the Council regionally and internationally.
