Gulf States to Win NATO Summit Invites With Iran War on Agenda
A round table at during a meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels.
Photographer: Valeria Mongelli/BloombergThe North Atlantic Treaty Organization is planning to invite representative from four Gulf states to the summit in Ankara with the Iran war and the transatlantic rift likely to loom large over the talks, said people familiar with the matter.
The countries — Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates — are all members of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative, a partnership between NATO and non-members in the broader Middle East.