Relation between Egypt and Qatar improving

Fawaz al-Ataia, the spokesman of the Qatari Foreign Ministry, said that what happened in relations between Qatar and Egypt was a dark cloud and is it finally terminated.

Al-Ataia praised statements made by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak during a meeting with university students where he said, "The relationships are about to improve."

Concerning the cancellation of the contracts of Egyptian laborers in the Qatari Foreign Ministry, al-Atia said the decision terminating those contracts had been taken previously.