Sisi Bids Farewell to Qatari Emir at Cairo Airport

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi bid farewell to Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani at the Cairo International Airport on Saturday, after the latter paid a two-day visit to Cairo.

Sisi welcomed Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at Al-Ittihadiya Palace. This was the Qatari leader’s first visit to  Egypt since Cairo and Doha resumed diplomatic ties last year as part of the Al-Ula agreement that ended an over three-year-long diplomatic rift.

The two leaders listened to the national anthems of both countries before starting summit talks.

The Qatari emir was received by President El-Sisi at Cairo International Airport on Friday evening.

The summit between the two leaders aimed to ensure full normalisation of relations between the two countries, according to a diplomatic source.

According to the diplomatic source, Tamim’s visit witnessed the signing of a number of economic agreements and ensure Qatari investment in Egypt, especially in the energy field.

The two leaders discussed, during the summit, the full scope of bilateral relations between the two countries and means of boosting them, according to the Egyptian presidency.

Sisi last met the Emir of Qatar in Iraq’s capital Baghdad in August 2021. However, Emir Tamim hasn’t visited Egypt since the Arab League’s 26th summit in Sharm el-Sheikh in March 2015.

Egypt and Qatar agreed to resume diplomatic relations in January 2021.

The agreements come after nearly four years of a row between Qatar and Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the UAE over Qatar’s alleged terrorism sponsorship and its close relations with Iran.

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar signed an agreement during the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)’s summit meeting in al-Ula for reconciliation.