Afghan president receives Qatari special envoy

DOHA, Qatar

Afghanistan’s president received the Qatari Foreign Ministry’s special envoy for conflict mediation Wednesday.

Mutlaq bin Majid Al Qahtan delivered a written message from Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani to President Ashraf Ghani, the Qatari Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The message concerned bilateral relations between the two countries and ways to support and develop them, the statement noted.

During the meeting, Al Qahtan and Ghani also reviewed the latest developments in Afghanistan and discussed the ongoing peace negotiations in Doha.

​​​​​​​*Writing by Ahmet Gencturk