Bahrain announces resumption of civil aviation flights with Qatar

[Bahrain announced that it will resume civil aviation flights with Qatar] May 16-the Civil Aviation Authority of the Kingdom of Bahrain issued a statement on the evening of 15 May local time, saying that according to the relevant agreement reached between Bahrain and Qatar, the two countries will resume civil aviation flights to each other from the 25th of this month. In June 2017, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt announced that they had severed diplomatic relations with Qatar and imposed sanctions and blockades on Qatar on the grounds of "supporting terrorism" and "undermining regional security". Qatar denies the allegations. In January 2021, the 41st GCC summit was held in the western Saudi city of Euler. Leaders attending the summit signed the Euler Declaration. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt announced the resumption of diplomatic relations with Qatar. However, due to the delay in reaching agreement between Bahrain and Qatar on some issues, the process of resuming diplomatic relations between the two countries was postponed. On April 12 this year, Bahrain and Qatar announced the formal resumption of diplomatic relations.