‘Amir’s visit an opportunity to discuss pressing issues of concern, enhance relations’

Oslo: Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani s official visit to the Kingdom of Norway will facilitate deliberations on multiple issues of common co...

Oslo: Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani’s official visit to the Kingdom of Norway will facilitate deliberations on multiple issues of common concern, said State Secretary for Foreign Affairs in the Kingdom of Norway H E Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik.

In remarks to QNA, he said the visit would enable the two countries to elevate the already powerful existing relations and to take stock of multiple collaboration areas including defense, trade, peace and reconciliation, and the current world challenges.

He added that the State of Qatar has been a key years-long mediator to settle conflicts on the world stage, and that Qatar and Norway have partnered to mediate many conflicts including Ukraine, Afghanistan, Venezuela, and the Gaza Strip.

H H the Amir’s visit will offer an opportunity to bolster bilateral relations by sharing visions to settle challenging conflicts, he added.

Highlighting Oslo’s support for Doha’s global mediation efforts for peace, reconciliation and mediation, he lauded Qatar’s key role to streamline a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, and its hosting of the UN’s Doha Process on Afghanistan, meetings that sought to establish a further coordinated approach to Afghanistan’s challenges.