HE the Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani held yesterday a telephone conversation with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, during which they discussed enhancing co-operation between -Qatar and the United Nations in all areas of mutual interest.
The foreign minister briefed the UN chief on the latest developments in the Gulf crisis and the measures taken by the siege countries against Qatar.
The UN Secretary-General underlined the need for all member-states to support the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and expressed his thanks for Qatar’s sustained support for the organisation over the past years.
The foreign minister highlighted importance given by Qatar to the work of the UNRWA, lauding its role in serving the Palestinian people and stressing Qatar’s continued support for the organisation.
HE the Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohamed also separately held telephone conversations with his French, German and Iranian counterparts Jean-Yves Le Drian, Sigmar Gabriel and Mohamed Javad Zarif respectively.
During his talks with the French and German ministers, HE Sheikh Mohamed discussed bilateral relations and ways to boost them, developments in the Gulf crisis.
In his telephone talk with the Iranian foreign minister, HE Sheikh Mohamed discussed bilateral relations and means of boosting and developing them as well as a number of issues of common concern.