originally published: 22 March 2021 | origin: https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cnx753jejv7t/mauritania
Mauritania has resumed diplomatic relations with Qatar after a four-year freeze.
Foreign ministers from both countries held talks in Doha, Qatar, on Sunday, on the resumption of ties.
“After intensive contacts over the past week and with much appreciated support from the Sultanate of Oman, the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and Qatar decided to resume diplomatic ties,” the Mauritanian state news agency quoted a statement from the foreign affairs ministry as saying.
“They [the two ministers] reviewed bilateral cooperation relations and the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two brotherly countries”, the Qatar News Agency tweeted.
The West African country cut links with Qatar in 2017, over allegations that it supported terrorists, following the lead of other Arab powers, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates that had done the same.
