Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry delivered on Tuesday in Doha a message from Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi to Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamed, the Egyptian foreign ministry said. The letter focuses on the positive developments in Egyptian-Qatari relations following the signing of the 'Al-Ula reconciliation agreement' on 5 January, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Hafez said in a statement earlier on the visit. It also expresses Egypt's aspiration to take further measures to advance the priority areas of bilateral cooperation to achieve the interests of the two brotherly countries and peoples, he added. Shoukry arrived in Doha on Sunday to convey the message as well as to participate on Tuesday in the consultative meeting of Arab foreign ministers, which will be held at the invitation of Qatar — the president of the current session of the Council of the Arab League — to continue coordination and consultation on the current Arab situation, and ways to strengthen joint action mechanisms regarding the growing challenges facing Arab countries. Shoukry will also participate in the extraordinary meeting of the Arab League Council at the ministerial level to discuss developments regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam issue, which will be held at the request of Egypt and Sudan following the consultative meeting of Arab foreign ministers. He will also attend the first meeting of the Palestine Committee. On Monday, the Egyptian foreign minister held talks with his Qatari counterpart. This is considered the first visit for an Egyptian minister to the Qatari capital after the Al-Ula agreement between Qatar and Egypt, along with Gulf states Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates, that ended a rift with Doha which lasted over three years.
