Egypt says it is renewing diplomatic relations with Qatar

Qatar Airways also announced the resumption of its Cairo route as the Gulf rift comes closer to an official end.
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A mask-clad employee of Air Arabia waits to assist passengers to board the first flight to Sharjah after the resumption of air travel between Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, at Qatar's Hamad International Airport on Jan. 18, 2021. The first direct flights since 2017 between Qatar and its former rivals Egypt and the UAE took to the skies Jan. 18, following the end of a regional crisis. An EgyptAir service to Cairo took off from Doha airport followed by the arrival of an Air Arabia flight from Sharjah in the UAE. - KARIM JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images
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Egypt said Wednesday that it and Qatar had agreed to resumed diplomatic relations, further ending the longstanding rift in the region.

The two states agreed to reestablish ties, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing the Egyptian Foreign Ministry. Qatar has yet to make an official comment.

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