UAE prepares for resumption of trade with Qatar
The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, signs the cooperation agreement on January 5, 2021. Reuters
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Trade between Qatar and four Arab countries that boycotted it for more than three years will resume within a week.
The agreement signed on January 5, 2021 in Saudi Arabia effectively ended the Gulf diplomatic crisis.
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Travel, transport, trade ... the obstacles to these exchanges with Qatar will be lifted within a week, assures UAE Foreign Minister Anwar Gargash.
After the reopening of the borders announced by Saudi Arabia, Qatar is therefore preparing to emerge from the isolation it was suddenly confronted with in 2017 when the country had to inaugurate a new port terminal to receive imports that had passed through until then. by the United Arab Emirates.
Qatar has also built a giant farm in the middle of the desert, sending cows by air to build its independence in dairy products.
But it was above all by turning to new suppliers, Turkish and Iranian, that Doha overcame the boycott imposed by its neighbors.
The United Arab Emirates seem to want to open a new chapter as they initiated the boycott of Qatar.
The two monarchies have divergent views on the region.
the United Arab Emirates oppose all forms of political Islam, where Qatar has long-standing links with the Muslim Brotherhood movement.
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