MoFA Spokesperson: Prime Minister to participate in 79th UNGA
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Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani will be part of HH the Amir Sheikh...
Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani will be part of HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani's delegation to the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, said Official Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Dr Majed bin Mohammad Al Ansari.
During the UNGA meetings from September 22 to 28, His Excellency will hold many bilateral meetings that will be attended by many Qatari officials, Al Ansari said in the MOFA's weekly press briefing.
He added that the State of Qatar would press on its efforts and contacts in various ways, to hammer out a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, and that all mediators are making huge efforts to end the war in Gaza.
Part of these efforts were Monday's phone call that HE Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs received from HE UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and a meeting His Excellency held in Doha with HE Speaker of the House of Commons of the British Parliament, Lindsay Hoyle. The phone conversation and the meeting discussed the latest developments in the Gaza Strip and the occupied Palestinian territories.
Meanwhile, Al Ansari added that HE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi chaired Tuesday the State of Qatar's delegation to the meeting of the Ministerial Committee assigned by the Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit on Developments in the Gaza Strip in Jordan's capital Amman. The meeting discussed the committee's outcomes.