CHAIRMAN: DR. KHALID BIN THANI AL THANI
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: PROF. KHALID MUBARAK AL-SHAFI

Qatar

Foreign Minister holds series of meetings in New York on Gulf crisis

Published: 23 Sep 2017 - 01:40 am | Last Updated: 22 Nov 2021 - 11:31 pm

The Peninsula

Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has met here separately with his counterparts Dr Vivian Balakrishnan (Singapore) Ibrahim Ahmed Ghandour (Sudan), Anifah Aman (Malaysia), Alfonso Dastis (Spain), Jorge Faurie (Argentina), and US Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs David Satterfield. During the meetings, the Foreign Minister discussed the unjust siege imposed on the State of Qatar and all humanitarian repercussions caused by the blockade, stressing that dialogue is the only way to resolve the crisis. Foreign Minister also met with Secretary-General of Amnesty International Salil Shetty. They discussed the joint cooperation in human rights issues, in addition to a number of issues of common interest.