Delegations from Egypt and Qatar met in Kuwait yesterday for the first time since the end of a 3.5-year diplomatic rift, according to a Foreign Ministry statement. The two sides talked bilateral cooperation and advancing the relationship between the “brotherly” countries, as well as national and regional security. The delegations welcomed initial confidence-building measures taken by each since the signing of the accord, the statement said. The meeting followed the signing of an accord during a summit in Saudi Arabia last month, which ended the blockade of Qatar by Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the UAE, restoring diplomatic and trade ties and opening up airspace to Qatari planes.

The rest of the quartet is doing the same: Qatar met a UAE delegation on Monday, and each of the four countries is set to speak to Qatari officials one on one to resolve individual issues, Reuters reports.

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