Qatar, Brazil ink military cooperation agreement

DOHA, Qatar

The defense ministers of Qatar and Brazil signed a military cooperation agreement in the Qatari capital Doha on Wednesday.

According to a statement by Qatar's royal court, Defense Minister Khalid Al-Attiyah and his Brazilian counterpart Walter Souza Braga Netto signed the deal in the presence of high-ranking officers from both sides.

Both sides also "reviewed a number of issues of mutual interest," it added.

Netto is accompanying Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on an official visit to Qatar that started on Wednesday.

* Writing by Ahmed Asmar in Ankara