This comes after the reconciliation between the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt on one side, and Qatar on the other.

He also said that the officials agreed on economic cooperation and a series of meetings on a number of pending issues, such as Libya and the "Muslim Brotherhood" group, and that the officials agreed to resume diplomatic relations between Egypt and Qatar to be "under test", as one of the sources put it, and the Qatari official expressed desire His country is in the normalization of relations between all five countries.

This step comes on the heels of an agreement between Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt this month to end the boycott by the four countries of Qatar, which began in 2017 because of its accusation that Doha supports terrorism, which Qatar denies.

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry statement said, "On January 20, 2021, the Arab Republic of Egypt and the State of Qatar exchanged two official notes, according to which the two countries agreed to resume diplomatic relations between them."

Steps have already been taken to resume relations between Qatar and the three Gulf states, but Egypt was the first to take an official step.

The Saudi Foreign Minister said that the Kingdom expects to reopen its embassy in Qatar within days and to resume full diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Egypt reopened its airspace to Qatari aircraft on January 12, 2021, and flights between the two countries resumed.

Ending the boycott was one of a series of agreements arranged by the administration of outgoing US President Donald Trump, with the aim of forming a united front against Iran.