Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi met with Qatar's Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani on Saturday in Baghdad, Presidential Spokesman Bassam Rady said in a statement. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the Baghdad Conference on Cooperation and Partnership, which started in the Iraqi capital today. On 17 August, Qatar's new ambassador, Salem bin Mubarak Al-Shafi, arrived in Cairo from Doha. He will be the first Qatari ambassador in Cairo in four years.
In June, in the wake of the signing of Al-Ula Declaration in Saudi Arabia on 5 January 2021, Egypt and Qatar agreed to move beyond their four-year dispute and work towards settling all outstanding issues.
That month, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri met with Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdul-Rahman Al-Thani in Doha.
In an official statement both ministers expressed satisfaction with developments in Egyptian-Qatari relations following the signing of Al-Ula Declaration and agreed to fully restore diplomatic relations.
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and the emir of Qatar have also exchanged telephone calls and invitations to visit.
