Qatar minister meets new Saudi envoy as ties restored

Doha - The announcement was the first publicly announced meeting between senior Saudi and Qatari diplomats since January

By AFP

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Published: Wed 10 Feb 2021, 3:25 PM

A Qatari minister met the newly-arrived Saudi envoy to Doha on Wednesday, Qatar said in a statement, as the neighbours continue to restore ties abruptly cut in 2017.

Wednesday’s announcement was the first publicly announced meeting between senior Saudi and Qatari diplomats since January, when the quartet agreed to re-establish ties following a flurry of diplomatic activity by the Trump administration.


“Qatar’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad al-Muraikhi met Wednesday with Acting Charge d’affaires of the Embassy of the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ali Saad Ali al-Qahtani in Qatar,” Doha said in its statement on Wednesday.

“During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral cooperation and relations... in addition to issues of common interest.”


The announcement comes after flights between Qatar and Saudi were restored on January 11, shortly after the reopening of the land border between the neighbours.

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