Mauritania Restores Ties With Qatar Amid Arab Rapprochement
- Gulf countries agreed to resume ties with Qatar in January
- Both countries will reopen their diplomatic missions soon
Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed
Photographer: Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images
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Mauritania is following the lead of Gulf states in resuming ties with Qatar, ending a four-year dispute with the country.
The two countries agreed to ease the rift at a meeting in Doha between Mauritanian Foreign Affairs Minister Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed and his Qatari counterpart, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, the Mauritanian government said in a statement Sunday.
Both countries’ embassies will reopen as soon as possible, according to the statement.