Qatar has always been deft in handling international diplomacy and has always maintained very good relations with international community.
Qatar’s diplomacy received a further boost when it resumed diplomatic relations with Chad this week. Chad had severed relations with Doha in August soon after the start of illegal blockade by the Arab quartet.
The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integration and International Cooperation of the Republic of Chad Cherif Mahamat Zene in Doha on Tuesday and signed a Memorandum of Understanding to resume the diplomatic relations between the State of Qatar and the Republic of Chad.
This move by both countries was hailed by all as victory of diplomacy. Both countries would return their ambassadors with immediate effect. “Diplomatic Relations to be resumed with immediate exchange of ambassadors.
A victory for both countries’ diplomacy; one that is based on the principles of dialogue and common interests that bring peace and prosperity to both nations,” Lolwah Al Khater, Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesperson, wrote on Twitter.
The Cabinet also welcomed the signing of the MoU to resume the rela-tions saying that “this positive development in the relations between the two countries comes in the interests of the two peoples and in the inter-est of developing bilateral cooperation and strengthening the two coun-tries’ directions towards peace and stability in the region.”
The international community has been staunchly supporting Kuwait Emir’s efforts to end the illegal siege on Qatar. This is evident from the fact that French Envoy for the Gulf Countries Bertrand Besancenot recently noted in an interview with a newspaper that the French President Emmanuel Macron has given special attention to resolving the Gulf crisis through serious participation in the international mediation network in order to end the unjust siege on Qatar.
The French envoy warned that the Gulf crisis has dangerous consequences to everybody, undermines the collective image of the Gulf and obstruct the security, political and commercial cooperation, and even the return of international investment to the region.
The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani had urged at the Munich Security Conference “for all nations of the region to forget the past and agree on basic security, principles and rules of governance to allow for peace and prosperity.”
It is time that dialogue, without compromising the sovereignty, is given a chance to restore stability in the region.
