Qatar names Saudi envoy as Gulf ties improve

Bandar Mohamed Abdullah al-Attiyah will serve as Qatar's first ambassador to Saudi Arabia since the 2017 Gulf row.
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (C), clad in mask as part of COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic protocols, cheers during the Amir Cup final football match between al-Sadd and al-Arabi at Al-Rayyan Stadium in Al-Rayyan, Qatar, on Dec. 18, 2020.
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (C), clad in mask as part of COVID-19 pandemic protocols, cheers during the Amir Cup final football match between al-Sadd and al-Arabi at Al-Rayyan Stadium in Al-Rayyan, Qatar, on Dec. 18, 2020. - KARIM JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images
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Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani has appointed an ambassador to Saudi Arabia in the latest sign of warming ties with the kingdom after the years-long Gulf dispute. 

Qatar's state news agency QNA announced on Wednesday that Bandar Mohamed Abdullah al-Attiyah will serve as Qatar’s newest envoy to Saudi Arabia. From 2018 until 2021 Attiyah was Qatar’s ambassador to Kuwait, which has long acted as a mediator between Qatar and its Gulf neighbors.

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