The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Egypt and Qatar today signed two official memoranda, according to which they agree to restore diplomatic relations severed between them since 2017.
In its statement, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said that “in connection with the implementation steps within the framework of implementing the mutual obligations contained in the Al-Ula statement (in Saudi Arabia), the Arab Republic of Egypt, today January 20, and the State of Qatar exchanged two official notes, whereby the two countries agreed to resume relations. Diplomacy between them. "
On January 18, direct flights between Egypt and Qatar were resumed in implementation of the reconciliation agreement concluded in Al-Ula in Saudi Arabia, and Egypt reopened its airspace to Qatar on the 12th of this month.
The Al-Ula summit held on January 5 resulted in the signing of a reconciliation agreement that ended the blockade imposed by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt on Qatar since June 2017.