Egypt’s president in Qatar on 1st visit amid rapprochement

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Published September 13, 2022 5:04 AM

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Egypt’s president was meeting with Qatar’s ruling emir during his first visit to the gas-rich nation after ties soured following the Egyptian military’s overthrow of an Islamist president backed by Doha. Tuesday’s trip comes amid a rapid rapprochement between Egypt and Qatar after a yearslong boycott of Doha by four Arab states, including Egypt, ended in 2021. Qatar’s state-run news agency said President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi held talks with Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. In June, Sheikh Tamim visited Cairo, where he was welcomed at the airport by el-Sissi, in a sign of warming ties.

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