The Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in a statement on Wednesday that the Qatari-Bahraini follow-up committee met in Riyadh and decided to restore diplomatic relations between the two countries.
It said in a statement: “It was decided to restore diplomatic relations between the two countries, in accordance with the principles of the United Nations Charter and the provisions of the Vienna Treaty on Diplomatic Relations of 1961.”
The Ministry added, “This step comes out of a mutual desire to develop bilateral relations and enhance Gulf integration and unity, in accordance with the purposes of the Statute of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, and out of respect for the principles of equality between states, national sovereignty and independence, regional integrity, and good neighborliness.”