According to CoinMeta, on November 13, the Turkish Presidential Palace issued a statement stating that Turkey and Qatar signed a joint defense agreement on that day. The statement mentioned that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with visiting Qatar Emir Tamim in Istanbul, and both sides signed the joint defense agreement. The specific details of the agreement were not disclosed in the statement. Erdogan stated that both parties will continue to work together to prevent another outbreak of war in the Gulf region. In addition to the joint defense agreement, the two sides also signed four other agreements in areas such as trade, education, consumer protection, and diplomatic cooperation.