The emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, arrived in Egypt on Friday, 18 months after the two countries restored relations to end a Saudi-led rift of more than three years.
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi welcomed the emir at Cairo airport on his first visit in seven years, Sisi’s office said.
Egypt had joined Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies in breaking off relations with Qatar in June 2017, citing its alleged support for the Muslim Brotherhood and soft line on Iran.
Relations were not restored until January last year after Riyadh and Doha mended ties.
The emir, who met Sisi for the first time since the dispute at a summit in Iraq last year, will hold a formal meeting with the Egyptian president on Saturday, sources told Reuters.
Cairo announced in March that Egypt and Qatar had agreed to sign investment deals worth $5bn, as the North African country battles an economic crisis that has been further deepened by the war in Ukraine.
