The UAE resumed the postal service with Qatar after nearly three years of suspension due to the imposition of a blockade on Doha, along with Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt, after a meeting with the Universal Postal Union.
Since 2017, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt have imposed a political and commercial blockade and transportation with Qatar due to accusations that it sponsors terrorism, which Doha strongly denied, stressing that the blockade was aimed at undermining its sovereignty.
The World Postal Union stated on its Twitter account that the "Emirates Post Group" hosted a regional meeting last week, with the participation of officials from the Emirates, Qatar and other Arab countries, without giving further details.
According to Deutsche Presse-Agentur, an internal circular for postal employees and branches in the UAE, dated February 6, has canceled the circular on stopping postal services to Qatar since 2017.
The circular attributed the resumption of services to "what is required by the interest of work, the demand for service, and the needs of customers."
Indirect services began on February 9 this year, with the postal transmission through the Sultanate of Oman, according to a memorandum from the UAE government postal authority sent to other postal organizations. It was not immediately clear why the service resumed amid the long-running dispute.
A spokesman for the United Nations World Postal Union said the move came after the union held a meeting with representatives of postal organizations in Qatar and the four countries boycotting them at its headquarters in Switzerland on January 29 to discuss how to improve links.
The spokesman added that "the World Postal Union considers that agreeing to discuss these issues is a very positive step ... and the discussions were a positive development and a step in the right direction."
And the mail still does not arrive in Qatar from Egypt or Saudi Arabia, according to customer service lines in both countries.