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- A senior Saudi official seemed to confirm the Kingdom is moving forward with ambitious plans to turn Qatar into an island.
- A senior adviser to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman tweeted that he was “impatiently waiting for details” on plans to dig a canal along its 38-mile (61 kilometer) border with Qatar.
- Saudi Arabia has not yet officially commented on the project, though Saudi guards took control of the border crossing in April.
- And in June, reports local media reported that five international companies been invited to bid for the project, slated for completion by the end of the year.
- Saudi Arabia and other gulf nations are involved in a bitter diplomatic battle with Qatar.
A senior Saudi official seemed to confirm that Saudi Arabia is moving forward with ambitious plans to turn rival nation Qatar into an island.
“I am impatiently waiting for details on the implementation of the Salwa island project, a great, historic project that will change the geography of the region,” Saud Al-Qahtani, a senior adviser to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, said on Twitter.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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