Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani today named an ambassador to Saudi Arabia in a further sign of improved ties after Riyadh and its allies agreed this year to end a row with their Gulf neighbour, Reuters reports.
According to the Peninsula Qatar: “HH Amir issued Amiri Resolution No. 29 of 2021 appointing Bandar Muhammad Abdullah Al-Attiyah as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.”
HH Amir issued Amiri Resolution No. 29 of 2021 appointing Bandar Muhammad Abdullah Al-Attiyah as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.#Qatar #SaudiArabia pic.twitter.com/yCL7GJZKMD
— The Peninsula Qatar (@PeninsulaQatar) August 11, 2021
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain resolved in January to lift a boycott imposed in mid-2017 and restore political, trade and travel ties with Doha. Riyadh was the first to reinstate its ambassador to Doha in June.
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