HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani met in Connecticut on Friday with Senator Chris Murphy, a member of the US Senate.

During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral relations, investment and trade prospects between Qatar and the state of Connecticut, in addition to developments in the region.
The US senator stressed, during the meeting, the strength of strategic relations between the two countries, and thanked Qatar for allocating $100mn in support of the efforts of the United Nations World Food Programme in Yemen to support food security and stave off famine in Yemen and to assist UN relief and urgent humanitarian programmes to prevent further deterioration of tragic conditions there.
The meeting was attended by a number of heads and representatives of major companies in the state of Connecticut.