HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani met in Amman Saturday with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on the sidelines of the joint meeting of the foreign ministers of Qatar, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, with the US Secretary of State.
During the meeting, developments in the Gaza Strip were discussed. HE Sheikh Mohamed underlined the need for concerted regional and international diplomatic efforts to reach an immediate ceasefire, and to permanently open the Rafah crossing to ensure the flow of relief convoys and humanitarian aid to the Palestinian brothers besieged in the Gaza Strip. He also affirmed Qatar's continued efforts to mediate the release of the prisoners, pointing that the continued bombing doubles the humanitarian catastrophe in the Strip and complicates securing their release.