HE Dr Mutlaq bin Majid al-Qahtani, Special Envoy of HE the Foreign Minister for Combating Terrorism and Mediation in Conflict Resolution, met with Jane Marriott, the Director of the UK Joint International Counter-Terrorism Unit (JICTU), responsible for the overall design of the UK’s international counter-terrorism strategies, working with cross-Whitehall and international stakeholders. The meeting dealt with the joint efforts of the two sides in the field of combating terrorism and how to strengthen it as well as the prominent role of Qatar in the international efforts to combat terrorism and fight against violent extremism. The UK praises the Qatar’s prominent role in support of international efforts to combat violent extremism and radical ideologies through its active participation in the Global Fund to Support the Participation and Stability of Communities, which aims to address the root causes of violent extremism and terrorism. It is to be noted that the State of Qatar is the only Gulf Arab state to contribute to this fund along with the United States of America, the European Union, Switzerland, Japan and the UK.


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Demand of closing Al Jazeera criticised
UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, has criticised the demand by the four countries imposing siege on Qatar to close the Al Jazeera media network. Kaye considered the demand of closing Al Jazeera to be a serious threat to media freedom and a strong blow to the media pluralism in the region. “This demand represents a serious threat to media freedom if States, under the pretext of a diplomatic crisis, take measures to force the dismantling of Al Jazeera,” Kaye said.  He called on the international community to urge the siege countries not to pursue this demand against Qatar, to resist taking steps to censor media in their own territory and regionally, and to encourage support for independent media in the Middle East. 

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