Qatar setting up to restore diplomatic ties and reopen embassies
"Work is underway between the Qatari and Emirati groups to revive the individual international safe havens as soon as possible, with an exact date to be reported once the process is completed," Qatar's Worldwide Media Office said in a statement.
The clear push towards more significant political normalisation comes amid broader territorial compromise efforts.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates and Qatar are moving towards reestablishing political ties and reviving government offices in each other's countries, more than two years after the lifting of a blockade on Qatar that typified sharp political strife between the two and within the larger Inlet region.
"Work is underway between the Qatari and Emirati groups to revive the specific government offices as soon as possible, with an exact date to be reported upon the completion of the process," Qatar's Worldwide Media Office said to CNBC.
The pact to end Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE, and Bahrain's three-and-a-half-year political and economic blockade of Qatar took effect in January 2021, with states agreeing to restore relations for the good of the region.
In a explanation issued by a government official, the UAE repeated indistinguishable objectives.
"The UAE's outside approach is fundamentally concerned with building bridges, financial participation, and deescalation within the locale." Since the marking of the Al-Ula Statement in January 2021, the UAE has reestablished relations with the State of Qatar, with a few visits between the two nations, counting talks on the encourage advancement of relations and mutually accomplishing more noteworthy common thriving and advance for the two nations and the more extensive locale," agreeing to the articulation.
“Currently, revitalization of diplomatic relations is underway between the two countries, including the reopening of embassies.”
Akbar al-Baker (3rd-L), Qatar’s Tourism Minister and CEO of Qatar Airways, gives a press conference regarding preparations for the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup, in the capital Doha on May 26, 2022, while accompanied by Oman Air CEO Abdulaziz al-Raisi, flydubai CEO Ghaith al-Ghaith, and Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAUDIA) CEO Captain Ibrahim Koshy.
The Western-allied Gulf Cooperation Council states were plunged into turmoil in 2017, when Saudi Arabia and its allies cut off diplomatic and trade ties with Qatar, accusing the tiny gas-rich nation of being too close to Iran and supporting Islamic terrorism. Doha denied the allegations.
Since the blockade’s end, travel and trade among the states has resumed, with numerous flights going to and from Qatar for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in particular; many of them as part of a special shuttle program with Dubai.
Still, the fact that talk of reopening embassies is only happening now is “another reminder of the actual pace of re-establishing ties in the Gulf, within the GCC, and of course within wider region,” Karen Young, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, wrote on Twitter. “Al Ula agreement was over 2 years ago, still working to reopen embassies.”
The development shouldn’t be a surprise, and “comes after a long period of high-level dialogue and visits between the two,” said Anna Jacobs, a senior Gulf analyst at the International Crisis Group.
“Qatar-UAE restoring ties means that all former blockading states (Saudi, Egypt, UAE, and Bahrain) have finally fully resumed diplomatic relations with Qatar (or announced their intention to). A positive for GCC unity, even if tensions/competition (between) them remains a major reality,” Jacobs wrote in a series of Twitter posts.
The apparent push toward greater diplomatic normalization comes amid broader regional reconciliation efforts; longtime foes Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to restore ties and reopen their respective embassies in March as part of a deal brokered by Beijing.
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