UAE Royal Visits Qatar for First Time Since 3-Year Boycott Ended - Bloomberg
A senior United Arab Emirates royal visited Qatar to meet with its emir, the first high-level engagement between the ruling families since the end of a bitter three-year dispute that cut Doha off from many of its neighbors.
Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE national security adviser, led the delegation to Qatar that included talks with ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the UAE’s state-run WAM news agency reported on Thursday.
The surprise meeting follows several years of hostility between the two Gulf states and came nearly a week after Sheikh Tahnoun visited Turkey, which has been on the opposite side to the UAE in recent regional conflicts.
The diplomacy has broad implications at a time of uncertainty in the region. States are assessing how to deal with Afghanistan, where the Taliban swept to power amid the U.S. withdrawal. And regional heavyweight Iran is weighing how to proceed with talks to revive its nuclear deal with world powers.
It could also point to a reduction in tensions between alliances that emerged after the Arab Spring; one that supported political Islam, spearheaded by Turkey and Qatar, and another that opposed it championed by the UAE.
“The meeting touched upon bilateral relations and ways to further develop cooperation between the two countries, especially in the economic and trade fields,” as well as achieving the common interests of the two countries, according to WAM.
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