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Oct 18, 2021

KARIM JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images — Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani holds a press briefing alongside the EU foreign policy chief in Doha, Sept. 30, 2021. — KARIM JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images

Qatar and Azerbaijan signed a visa waiver agreement on Monday.

Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani inked the deal with his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov in Baku. The agreement stipulates a mutual exemption of visa requirements for passport holders in each country, the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev was also present at the meeting.

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