His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, His Highness the Deputy Amir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Thani and HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani yesterday sent cables of condolences to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after several people were killed and injured in a train accident in an Ankara suburb.

Hodeidah truce ‘an
important step’

Qatar has welcomed the agreement by Yemen’s warring parties on the ceasefire in the city of Hodeidah calling it an important step towards ending the absurd war, in which the brotherly Yemeni people suffering, and praised the active role played by UN envoy Martin Griffith. In a statement yesterday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the hope that the parties of the Yemeni crisis would reach understandings on the outstanding issues in the next round of consultations.
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