UK trade minister to visit Qatar to advance GCC trade deal
Kemi Badenoch is set to visit Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates this week in a bid to make progress on a trade deal with the Gulf Cooperation…
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Who is Qatar’s first ambassador to the UAE since the 2017 GCC crisis?
Prior to becoming the Qatari envoy to the UAE, Al Mansouri served as the Gulf state’s ambassador to China, before becoming its envoy to Vienna. Qatar and the United Arab…
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Qatar welcomes first female Philippine envoy
More than 250,000 Filipinos live in Qatar. The Philippines’ first-ever female ambassador to Qatar arrived in Doha on Monday, the embassy announced on Facebook. The South Asian official Lillibeth Velasco…
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US envoy urges Qatar to be ‘patient’ with incoming World Cup fans
A number of embassies have continuously warned fans that they could face punishment for behaviour that may be tolerated elsewhere. Over a million football fans are anticipated to visit Qatar…
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Qatar World Cup ambassador claims LGBTQ remarks ‘taken out of context’
A Qatar World Cup ambassador says his comments on the LGBTQ community were ‘taken out of context’ amid a major international backlash citing ‘homophobia’. A Qatar World Cup ambassador who…
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‘Heroic’ Bahraini minister sacked for refusing to shake hands with Israeli envoy
The Bahraini official was renowned for her stances against normalisation with the Israeli occupation. Sheikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa has been dismissed from her post as president of the…
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Libya appoints an ambassador to Qatar after six years
Libya did not have an ambassador in the Gulf country since October 2016. Libya has appointed an ambassador to Qatar for the first time in six years, with Mohammed Al-Lafi…
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Libya and Egypt receive Qatari ambassadors after years-long hiatus
The Qatari ambassador to Libya will be the first instated since Qatar closed its diplomatic mission in Tripoli in 2014. Qatar’s Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani named the…
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Qatar receives first Egypt ambassador since 2017 blockade
The appointment of the new Egyptian ambassadors comes only a few days after Qatar received a new Saudi envoy. Egypt’s president has appointed a new ambassador to Doha after a…
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