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Qatar Committed to Promoting Peaceful Communities

New York/Information Office/29 September 2016/ HE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi has underlined that the State of Qatar is firmly committed to the promotion of a peaceful communities, just and comprehensive. This came during a meeting held at the initiative of the State of Qatar, in cooperation with Tunisia, Mexico, Norway, Sierra Leone and Cape Verde in coordination with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), on the sidelines of the 71st session of the General Assembly of the United Nations under the theme "Creating communities of peace, a just and comprehensive in order to achieve sustainable development: the transition from words to deeds.


Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Meets Bahamas Foreign Minister

New York/Information Office/26 September 2016/ HE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi met here with Foreign Minister of the Islands of the Bahamas Frederick Mitchell, on the sidelines of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly.



Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Holds Meetings

New York/ Information Office/24 September 2016/ The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, HE Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi, has met here with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi.


Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Meets Foreign Minister of Ecuador, UN Officials

New York/Information Office/24 September 2016/ The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, HE Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi, has met here with Assistant UN Secretary-General and Executive Director of the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), Jean-Paul Laborde, and Director of the UN Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF) and the UN Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT), Dr. Jehangir Khan on the sidelines of the 71st Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Talks during the meeting dealt with the work of the United Nations relevant bodies and the State of Qatar's efforts to implement the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and addressing violent extremism.




HE Foreign Minister Participates in Ministerial Meeting on Yemen

New York/ Information Office/ 22 September 2016/ HE Foreign Minister of the State of Qatar Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani participated Thursday in the meeting of GCC foreign ministers with the US Secretary of State and UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and the UN's Special Envoy on Yemen.