At the start of 2020, talks to end the years-long Gulf diplomatic crisis abruptly came to an end.
For nearly a whole year, the regional rift between Qatar and a Saudi-led alliance remained in a stalemate as countries focused their efforts on combating the coronavirus pandemic.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/30/whats-behind-the-latest-gcc-reconciliation-efforts