Both, the State of Qatar and the Republic of El Salvador signed on an agreement to establish diplomatic relations between the two countries on September 24 of 2003.

In April of 2006 the Republic of El Salvador established its embassy in Doha, which was the first embassy of the Republic of El Salvador in Qatar and the Gulf Arab States.

In 2009 the State of Qatar established its embassy in El Salvador, and to the present day is the only Gulf, Arabic and Islamic embassy in El Salvador.