Qatari relationship were earlier strained, and the Saudi ambassador to Qatar was recalled to Riyadh, when the Saudi-Qatari relations will be normalized? a: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Qatar are fraternal neighboring countries, and relations between them are historical relations which are governed by the bonds of kinship and common fate as the case with the other GCC member states, so what links us with the Qatar is not only due to extraneous circumstances, but it embodies a sincere and true expression for the depth of the existing relations between the two fraternal countries and nations for so many decades. The governments of the Custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz and his Brother Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the Qatari Emir, contributed to further enhancing cooperation between the two fraternal countries in the various domains and removing any thing that might lead to strain of relations between them through their agreement on 10-9-1428, corresponding to September 22, 2007. The participation of the Custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Abdullah in the recent Doha Summit as well as the visit of his Brother Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani to Riyadh stand as a witness for the strength of the existing relations between the two countries. When I come to Doha, I do feel that I am among my relatives and brothers, and the existing common factors between our countries and nations are more stronger than any foreign element. Our relations have never been severed. As regards the Saudi ambassador to Qatar, the ambassador has been named, and he has arrived in Doha and assumed his work. --more
