Welcoming the participants, he said that they strived this year to make the forum as a platform for deep and constructive dialogue for political leaders, intellectuals, and activists to exchange ideas and visions on the various current issues.
The forum would also help those different parties discuss the causes and implications of those issues, he added.
The chairman said that the forum is taking place under conditions and important transformations experienced by the Arab region, notably the struggle that it had not seen in several decades.
For his part, HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid al-Mahmoud said that the Arab world has been witnessing an increasing number of struggles that had a detrimental impact on humanitarian conditions in the region.
This was evident in a country like Syria, he added.
Giving the first keynote speech of the forum, HE al-Mahmoud provided a comprehensive overview of Qatar’s role in resolving the crisis n Darfur since its first involvement back in 2008 until the signing of the Doha Document for Peace in 2011.