DOHA —
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi arrived in
Qatar on Tuesday for the first time since a four-year rift between the
countries, officials said.
اضافة اعلان
Sisi was met at the airport by the gas-rich state’s
emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, for a visit that the official QNA news
agency has said marked “a new era in relations”.
The emir visited Cairo in June, when
Qatari investments in cash-strapped Egypt were on the agenda, as well as cooperation
in the energy and agriculture sectors.
Cairo joined Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies, the
UAE, and Bahrain, in cutting ties with Doha in June 2017 over its support for
the Muslim Brotherhood and alleged soft line on Iran.
Their blockade of Qatar was lifted in January 2021.
In late March, Cairo said Qatar planned to invest $5 billion
in Egypt, while hydrocarbon giant QatarEnergy announced an agreement with US
major ExxonMobil to acquire a 40 percent stake in a gas exploration block off
Egypt in the Mediterranean.
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