Not too long ago, Saudi Arabia had threatened to dig a canal in a bid to geographically isolate Qatar, after it failed to do so politically.
Relations between Qatar and Saudi Arabia seem to be strengthening and progressing at a fast pace a year after the signing of the Al-Ullah decleration which brought about the end of the GCC Crisis.
Transport ministers from both countries met in Doha last week to discuss the establishment of a rail link that would connect the two nations and their people, Qatar’s Minister of Transport, Jassim Al-Sulaiti and his Saudi counterpart Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser held additional discussions regarding aspects of cooperation in the fields of transportation, civil aviation, ports, as well as railways.
The proposed rail link project was expected to be launched back in 2016 before it was abandoned due to the diplomatic crisis between the two states. Since then, Qatar has made several changes to strengthen its economic and political ties.
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