Qatar, Bahrain to resume diplomatic ties

CAIRO – 13 April 2023:  The Bahraini-Qatari Follow-up Committee held its second meeting at the headquarters of the GCC General Secretariat in the Saudi capital where a decision was made to resume their diplomatic ties between the two countries, in accordance with the principles of the United Nations Charter and the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961.

The two sides confirmed that this decision stems from the mutual desire to develop bilateral relations and enhance GCC integration and unity in accordance with the objectives of the GCC Statute, and respect for the principles of equality between states, national sovereignty and independence, territorial integrity, and good neighborliness, according to Bahrain News Agency (BNA).

The meeting discussed topics on the agenda topics, and reviewed the outcome of the first meeting of the Joint Legal Committee and the Joint Security Committee.

The Bahraini delegation was headed by the Undersecretary for Political Affairs Shaikh Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Khalifa and the Qatari delegation was headed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Ahmed Hassan al Hammadi.