Editing Foreign relations of Qatar (section)

=== Africa ===
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|{{flag|Algeria}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Algeria-Qatar relations]]

* Algeria has an embassy in Doha.
* Qatar has an embassy in [[Algeria]].
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|{{flag|Benin}}||<!--Date started-->||

* Benin has an embassy in Doha.<ref name="cotonou">{{cite web|url=http://cotonou.embassy.qa/en/benin/bilateral-relations|title=Bilateral relations|publisher=Qatari Embassy in Cotonou|access-date=2 June 2018|archive-date=27 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627074523/http://cotonou.embassy.qa/en/benin/bilateral-relations|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Qatar has an embassy in [[Cotonou]].<ref name="cotonou"/>
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|{{flag|Burkina Faso}}||1988||

Relations between the two countries were inaugurated in 1988. Qatar agreed to donate $13.8 million towards the construction of a cancer hospital in Burkina Faso in December 2017.<ref name="africatour">{{cite news|url=http://www.gulf-times.com/story/575536/Qatar-Dakar-cement-ties-Emir-s-six-nation-West-Afr|title=Qatar, Dakar cement ties: Emir's six-nation West Africa tour starts in Senegal|newspaper=Gulf Times|date=21 December 2017|access-date=11 June 2018}}</ref> The same month, the [[Qatar Fund for Development|Qatar Development Fund]] allocated $814,000 towards the commencement of humanitarian projects in Burkina Faso.<ref name="alwaght"/>
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|{{flag|Chad}}||<!--Date started-->||

Qatar shuttered the Chadian embassy in Doha in August 2017, two months after Chad broke off diplomatic ties with Qatar over the [[Qatar diplomatic crisis]], with Chad claiming that Qatar was attempting to destabilize it via [[Libya]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-chad/qatar-orders-closure-of-chadian-embassy-gives-diplomats-72-hours-to-leave-idUSKCN1B42FK|title=Qatar orders closure of Chadian embassy, gives diplomats 72 hours to leave|work=Reuters|date=24 August 2017|access-date=2 June 2018}}</ref> Bilateral relations were returned to normal in February 2018 after a memorandum of understanding was signed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/qatar-and-chad-restore-diplomatic-relations-2058747073|title=Qatar and Chad restore diplomatic relations|publisher=Middle East Eye|date=20 February 2018|access-date=2 June 2018}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Comoros}}||||See [[Comoros–Qatar relations]]

On 7 June 2017, Comoros [[2017 Qatar diplomatic crisis|cut ties with Qatar]], following the lead of several other countries led by a quartet composed of [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Bahrain]], [[Egypt]] and the [[United Arab Emirates]].{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} After Comoros severed ties, local media reported that two local Qatari charities suspended their activities in the country and that the $37 million under-construction hospital in [[Anjouan]] was put on hold. It was speculated that the cessation of philanthropic activities by Qatar was a retaliatory measure against Comoros' alignment with the Saudi-led quartet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lagazettedescomores.com/index.php?id=1452|title=Crise diplomatique Moroni / Doha Raf et Qatari charity plient baggage [Diplomatic Crisis Moroni / Doha Raf and Qatari charity fold luggage]|publisher=La Gazette Des Comores|author=Maoulida Mbae|language=fr|date=16 June 2017|access-date=3 September 2017}}</ref> Qatar also expelled Comoran representatives in the country on 19 June, giving them 48 hours to leave the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lagazettedescomores.com/index.php?id=1460|title=Rupture diplomatiques / Moroni / Doha Les diplomates comoriens expulsés du Qatar [Diplomatic breach: Moroni / Doha Comoros diplomats expelled from Qatar]|publisher=La Gazette Des Comores|author=Maoulida Mbae|language=fr|date=19 June 2017|access-date=3 September 2017}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Cote D'Ivoire}}||1994||

Both nations developed bilateral ties in 1994.<ref name="africatour"/> In December 2017, during a visit to [[Abidjan]] by Emir [[Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani]], Qatar pledged a $6 million donation for Côte d'Ivoire's development.<ref name="alwaght"/>
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|{{flag|Djibouti}}||<!--Date started-->||

The Qatari embassy in [[Djibouti City]] was inaugurated in December 2005, shortly after the establishment of Djibouti's embassy in Doha.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ifri.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/notes_qatar_afrique_en_oksl.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105011742/https://www.ifri.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/notes_qatar_afrique_en_oksl.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 January 2018|title=Diplomatic Relations between Qatar and Sub-Saharan Africa. An Evolving Affair|publisher=Institut Français des Relations Internationales|author=Benjamin Augé|page=7|date=16 August 2016|access-date=4 January 2018}}</ref> Qatari peacekeepers were deployed to help mediate a [[Djiboutian–Eritrean border conflict|border dispute]] between Djibouti and Eritrea in June 2010. After it was reported that Djibouti had sided with the Saudi-led bloc in the [[2017–18 Qatar diplomatic crisis]], Qatar pulled its peacekeepers from the area.<ref name="africanews">{{cite web|url=http://www.africanews.com/2017/07/05/eritrea-insists-on-qatari-mediation-in-territorial-dispute-with-djibouti/|title=Eritrea insists on Qatari mediation in territorial dispute with Djibouti|publisher=Africa News|author=Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban|date=5 July 2017|access-date=4 January 2018}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Egypt}}|| ||See [[Egypt–Qatar relations]]

In recent years, relations have been tense.<ref name="Islam Hassan">{{cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/12696782|title=GCC's 2014 Crisis: Causes, Issues and Solutions|author=Islam Hassan|journal=Gulf Cooperation Council's Challenges and Prospects|date=31 March 2015|publisher=Al Jazeera Research Center |access-date=4 June 2015}}</ref> The main issue between the two governments is the Qatari support to the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] in Egypt.<ref name="Islam Hassan"/>

The Egyptian government, along with those of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates, [[Qatar diplomatic crisis|broke off diplomatic relations]] with Qatar on 5 June 2017. Egypt and Qatar resumed diplomatic relations on 20 January 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-egypt-idUSKBN29P1XQ|title=Egypt and Qatar agree to resume diplomatic ties, Cairo says|publisher=Reuters|date=21 January 2021|access-date=7 February 2021}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Eritrea}}||<!--Date started-->||

Qatari peacekeepers were deployed to help mediate a [[Djiboutian–Eritrean border conflict|border dispute]] between Djibouti and Eritrea in June 2010.<ref name="africanews"/> During the [[Qatar diplomatic crisis]], Eritrea was asked to sever ties with Qatar by the [[Saudi Arabia|Saudi]]-led camp, but on 10 June 2017 it refused, claiming it had strong bonds with Qatar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170610-eritrea-rejects-cutting-ties-with-qatar/|title=Eritrea refuses to cut ties with Qatar|publisher=Middle East Monitor|date=10 June 2017|access-date=2 June 2018}}</ref> Despite this, some news outlets later reported that Eritrea did in fact cut ties, though this was denied by the Eritrean government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.africanews.com/2017/07/03/eritrea-qatari-ties-remain-intact-amid-gulf-crisis-al-jazeera//|title=Eritrea - Qatari ties remain intact amid Gulf crisis – Al Jazeera|author=Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban|publisher=Africa News|date=3 July 2017|access-date=2 June 2018}}</ref>

In March 2018, Eritrea accused Qatar and Sudan of jointly funding rebel groups in its country.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article65012|title=Asmara accuses Qatar, Sudan of supporting Eritrean radical group|work=Sudan Tribune|date=24 March 2018|access-date=2 June 2018}}</ref> After this accusation, Qatar summoned the Eritrean ambassador and handed the Eritrean Ambassador a note of protest against the contents of the press statement issued by Eritrea. [https://erena.org/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%B9%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA/]

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|{{flag|Eswatini}}||2002||
Both countries agreed to form diplomatic relations in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mbabane.embassy.qa/en/swaziland/qatar--swaziland-relations|title=Qatar- Swaziland Relations|publisher=Qatari Embassy in Mbabane|access-date=2 June 2018|archive-date=15 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315155339/http://mbabane.embassy.qa/en/swaziland/qatar--swaziland-relations|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Eswatini has an embassy in Doha.
* Qatar has an embassy in [[Mbabane]].

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|{{flag|Ethiopia}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Ethiopia–Qatar relations]]
* Ethiopia has an embassy in Doha.
* Qatar has an embassy in [[Addis Ababa]].
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|{{flag|Ghana}}||1982||

* Ghana has an embassy in Doha.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.angop.ao/angola/en_us/noticias/africa/2018/4/19/Ghana-opens-embassy-Qatar-after-decades-progressive-ties,539551f4-0ba0-4027-9cdb-a8956b8d4715.html|title=Ghana opens embassy in Qatar after decades of "progressive" ties|publisher=Angola Press News Agency|date=8 May 2018|access-date=2 June 2018}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Kenya}}||2003||See [[Kenya–Qatar relations]]

Diplomatic relations started in 2003.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.qatar-tribune.com/viewnews.aspx?n=ABA30FD8-1250-41AF-ACEB-BB0241C38C67&d=20140402|title=QBA honours Kenyan foreign minister|newspaper=Qatar Tribune|date=2 April 2014|access-date=2 June 2018}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Kenya has an embassy in Doha.
* Qatar has an embassy in [[Nairobi]].
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|{{flag|Guinea}}||1988||

The existence of diplomatic relations between Guinea and Qatar date back to 1988.<ref name="africatour"/>
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|{{flag|Liberia}}||2009||

* Libera has an embassy in Doha.<ref name="monrovia">{{cite web|url=http://monrovia.embassy.qa/en/liberia/qatar--liberia-relations|title=Qatar- Liberia Relations|publisher=Qatari Embassy in Monrovia|access-date=2 June 2018|archive-date=28 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428175158/https://monrovia.embassy.qa/en/liberia/qatar--liberia-relations|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Qatar has an embassy in [[Monrovia]].<ref name="monrovia"/>
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|{{flag|Libya}}||<!--Date started-->||

* Libya has an embassy in Doha.
* Qatar has an embassy in [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]].
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|{{flag|Mali}}||1977||

Relations between Mali and Qatar started off in 1977.<ref name="africatour"/> In December 2017, Emir [[Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani]] visited Mali and agreed to finance a program for the education of nearly 600,000 Malian children to the tune of $40 million.<ref name="alwaght">{{cite web|url=http://alwaght.com/en/News/120217/Qatar%E2%80%99s-Emir-Grants-$100-Million-in-Africa-Tour|title=Qatar's Emir Grants $100 Million in Africa Tour|publisher=Alwaght|date=25 December 2017|access-date=11 June 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142242/http://alwaght.com/en/News/120217/Qatar%E2%80%99s-Emir-Grants-$100-Million-in-Africa-Tour|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Mauritania}}||1974||

On 6 June 2017, Mauritania followed the lead of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt in [[Qatar diplomatic crisis|severing ties]] with Qatar. Mauritania's Foreign Ministry justified the decision by citing Qatar's alleged "support of terrorism" which has "resulted in heavy losses of human lives" throughout the region and beyond.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/gulf-qatar-mauritania/mauritania-breaks-diplomatic-ties-with-qatar-idUSL8N1J3646|title=Mauritania breaks diplomatic ties with Qatar|work=Reuters|date=6 June 2017|access-date=11 June 2018}}</ref> 
* Mauritania has an embassy in Doha.<ref name="nouakchott">{{cite web|url=http://nouakchott.embassy.qa/en/mauritania/qatar-mauritania-relations|title=Qatar-Mauritania Relations|publisher=Qatari Embassy in Nouakchott|access-date=2 June 2018|archive-date=24 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624040303/http://nouakchott.embassy.qa/en/mauritania/qatar-mauritania-relations|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Qatar has an embassy in [[Nouakchott]].<ref name="nouakchott"/>
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|{{flag|Morocco}}||<!--Date started-->1972||See [[Morocco–Qatar relations]]

Qatar and Morocco formed diplomatic relations in 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rabat.embassy.qa/en/kingdom-of-morocco/qatar---morocco-relations|title=Qatar - Morocco Relations|publisher=Qatar Embassy in Rabat - Kingdom of Morocco|access-date=8 September 2017|archive-date=9 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909054310/http://rabat.embassy.qa/en/kingdom-of-morocco/qatar---morocco-relations|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Morocco has an embassy in Doha.
* Qatar has an embassy in [[Rabat]].
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|{{flag|Niger}}|||||
Niger has maintained an embassy in Doha since 2015. On 10 June 2017, five days after the start [[Qatar diplomatic crisis]], Niger sided with the Saudi-led camp and recalled its ambassador from Doha.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sahelien.com/en/niger-authorities-recall-their-ambassador-residing-in-doha-qatar/|title=Niger: authorities recall their ambassador residing in Doha, Qatar|publisher=Sahelien|date=10 June 2017|access-date=2 June 2018}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Nigeria}}||<!--Date started-->||

There are over 7,000 Nigerian citizens in Qatar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ifri.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/notes_qatar_afrique_en_oksl.pdf|title=Diplomatic Relations between Qatar and Sub-Saharan Africa. An Evolving Affair|publisher=Institut Français des Relations Internationales|author=Benjamin Augé|page=13|date=16 August 2016|access-date=4 January 2018|archive-date=5 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105011742/https://www.ifri.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/notes_qatar_afrique_en_oksl.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Nigeria has an embassy in Doha.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gulf-times.com/story/357319/Nigerian-embassy-opens-in-Qatar|title=Nigerian embassy opens in Qatar|newspaper=Gulf Times|date=24 June 2013|access-date=2 June 2018}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Rwanda}}||4 May 2017||

Qatar and Rwanda officially formed relations on 4 May 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rwandaun.org/site/2017/05/04/rwanda-and-qatar-establish-diplomatic-relations/|title=Rwanda and Qatar Establish Diplomatic Relations|publisher=Permanent Mission of Rwanda to the United Nations|date=4 May 2017|access-date=2 June 2018}}</ref>

In December 2019, Rwanda hosted the annual Sheikh [[Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani]] International Anti-Corruption Excellence Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/rwanda-hosts-anti-corruption-awards-summit|title=Rwanda hosts anti-corruption awards summit|date=9 December 2019|access-date=9 December 2019|publisher=The New Times}}</ref> The [[Emir of Qatar]] visited Rwanda for the same.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-08/qatar-s-emir-to-travel-to-rwanda-one-day-before-gcc-summit|title=Qatar's Emir to Travel to Rwanda One Day Before GCC Summit|newspaper=Bloomberg.com |date=8 December 2019 |access-date=8 December 2019|publisher=Bloomberg}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Senegal}}||10 February 1975||

Qatar and Senegal formed diplomatic relations 10 February 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dakar.embassy.qa/en/senegal/qatar--senegal-relations|title=Qatar- Senegal Relations|publisher=Qatari Embassy in Dakar|access-date=2 June 2018|archive-date=13 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190313051538/http://dakar.embassy.qa/en/senegal/qatar--senegal-relations|url-status=dead}}</ref> Senegal sided with the Saudi-led bloc and withdrew its ambassador from Doha after the onset of the [[Qatar diplomatic crisis]] in June 2017 but recalled its ambassador in August 2017, expressing its desire for a resolution to the crisis.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-senegal/senegal-reinstates-qatar-ambassador-hopes-for-end-to-gulf-feud-idUSKCN1B20YT|title=Senegal reinstates Qatar ambassador, hopes for end to Gulf feud|work=Reuters|date=22 August 2017|access-date=2 June 2018}}</ref>
* Senegal has an embassy in Doha.
* Qatar has an embassy in [[Dakar]].
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|{{flag|Somalia}}||<!--Date started-->1970||See [[Somalia–Qatar relations]]

The two countries formally established diplomatic ties in 1970. Somalia allegedly refused Saudi Arabia's offer to join it in [[Qatar diplomatic crisis|severing ties with Qatar]] in June 2017 and instead opted to stay neutral.<ref name="alwaght"/>
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|{{flag|South Africa}}||10 May 1994||See [[Qatar–South Africa relations]]

Diplomatic relations between Qatar and South Africa were initiated on 10 May 1994, the same day that [[Nelson Mandela]] was sworn in as President of South Africa.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oVrVK2ElINMC&pg=PA528|title=Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997|author1=Jacqueline Audrey Kalley |author2=Elna Schoeman |author3=Lydia Eve Andor |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=1999|page=528|isbn=9780313302473}}</ref>
* South Africa has an embassy in Doha.<ref name="pretoria">{{cite web|url=http://pretoria.embassy.qa/en/republic-of-south-africa/qatar-south-africa-relations|title=Qatar-South Africa Relations|publisher=Qatari Embassy in Pretoria|access-date=2 June 2018}}</ref>
* Qatar has an embassy in [[Pretoria]].<ref name="pretoria"/>
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|{{flag|Sudan}}||<!--Date started-->1972||See [[Qatar–Sudan relations]]

Relations between Qatar and Sudan were first established in 1972, when Qatar inaugurated its embassy in Sudan's capital city, [[Khartoum]].<ref name="qatariembassy">{{cite web|url=http://khartoum.embassy.qa/en/republic-of-sudan/qatar-sudan-relations|title=Qatar-Sudan relations|publisher=Qatar embassy in Khartoum|access-date=18 January 2018|archive-date=18 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118190208/http://khartoum.embassy.qa/en/republic-of-sudan/qatar-sudan-relations|url-status=dead}}</ref> Qatar remains one of the largest foreign investors in Sudan,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gulf-times.com/story/568527/Qatari-Sudanese-ties-years-of-co-operation-and-exc|title=Qatari-Sudanese ties – years of co-operation and excellence|newspaper=Gulf Times|date=24 October 2017|access-date=18 January 2018}}</ref> and has helped broker peace agreements between the Sudanese government and rebel factions in [[Darfur]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sudan-darfur-ceasfire/sudan-darfur-rebels-sign-ceasefire-in-qatar-media-idUSBRE91A0FT20130211|title=Sudan, Darfur rebels sign ceasefire in Qatar: media|work=Reuters|date=11 February 2013|access-date=18 January 2018}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Tanzania}}||13 December 1982||

Bilateral relations between the two countries date back to 13 December 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dar-es-salaam.embassy.qa/en/Dar-es-Salaam/qatar--tanzania-relations|title=Qatar-Tanzania Relations|publisher=Qatari Embassy in Dar es Salaam|access-date=2 June 2018}}
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* Tanzania has an embassy in Doha.
* Qatar has an embassy in [[Dar es Salaam]].
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|{{flag|Tunisia}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Qatar–Tunisia relations]]

Qatar is among the largest Arab investors in Tunisia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/09/07/everyone-is-taking-sides-in-the-qatar-crisis-heres-why-these-four-north-african-states-arent/|title=Everyone is taking sides in the Qatar crisis. Here's why these four North African states aren't.|newspaper=The Washington Post|author=Youssef Cherif|date=7 September 2017|access-date=8 September 2017}}</ref> Relations between Qatar and Tunisia improved immensely between 2011 and 2013, when [[Ennahda Movement]]-affiliated candidate [[Hamadi Jebali]] was declared Prime Minister of Tunisia in the [[Tunisian Constituent Assembly election, 2011|2011 Tunisian Constituent Assembly elections]]. Cooperation in all fields gradually started picking up traction; for instance, the two governments signed ten bilateral agreements in 2012.<ref name="carnegie">{{cite web|url=https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/2017/01/tunisias-fledgling-gulf-relations?lang=en|title=Tunisia's Fledgling Gulf Relations|publisher=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace|author=Youssef Cherif|date=17 January 2017|access-date=8 September 2017}}</ref>
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