Iran-Qatar Maritime Trade Resumes After Five-Month Suspension
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DOHA, July 6 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) - Maritime trade between Iran and Qatar has resumed after a suspension of about five months, according to Reuters.
Iran’s commercial attaché in Doha, Abbas Abdolkhani, confirmed that shipping between Iran’s Dayyer port and Qatar’s Al Ruwais port had restarted following coordination between the Iranian embassy in Doha and Qatari authorities.
The two ports mainly serve regional trade between the two sides of the Gulf.
Dayyer port was hit several times during the war.
The resumption comes after an interim deal between Tehran and Washington signed last month announced the end of hostilities following a four-month conflict.
The agreement mandated a return to pre-war maritime traffic in the Gulf, although transit in and out of the Gulf remains contested.
In late June, an official from Iran’s Trade Promotion Organisation stated that Iranian goods were being cleared at the United Arab Emirates’ Jebel Ali Port, the largest port in the region.
The clearance of Iranian goods at Jebel Ali pointed to a gradual return of trade between the two sides of the Gulf.
Source: Reuters
