Emir Sheikh Tamim met Crown Prince Sheikh Nahyan on the sidelines of a lunch hosted by Chinese language President Xi in Beijing.
Qatar’s emir met the de facto ruler of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the Beijing Winter Olympics within the first such interplay between the 2 Gulf leaders since a dispute between Doha and 4 Arab international locations got here to an finish final yr.
Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on the sidelines of a lunch hosted by Chinese language President Xi Jinping on Saturday, Qatar’s state information company reported on Sunday.
UAE information web sites printed a video clip of the 2 Gulf leaders talking.
The leaders of Uzbekistan, Ecuador and Tajikistan had been additionally current on the gathering on the Nice Corridor of the Individuals in Beijing, in keeping with state broadcaster CCTV.
The UAE has but to revive diplomatic ties with Doha since Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt agreed in January 2021 to finish a four-year dispute that had led them to chop diplomatic and financial relations with Qatar in mid-2017.
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Nevertheless, a senior UAE official held talks with Qatar’s chief in Doha final yr – the primary such go to in 4 years – after the bitter dispute ended. Nationwide Safety Adviser Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a brother of the UAE’s de facto ruler, met Sheikh Tamim in August.
Saudi Arabia and Egypt final yr appointed ambassadors to Qatar. All however Bahrain have restored journey and commerce hyperlinks.
The dispute erupted over complaints about Qatar’s impartial overseas coverage, together with its shut ties to Iran and Turkey.
The UAE, underneath a extra conciliatory overseas coverage pushed by financial priorities, is now partaking with each Tehran and Ankara after years of badly strained relations.