Qatari prime minister in US for strategic dialogue

ISTANBUL

Qatar's Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani reached Washington on Monday to participate in the sixth round of the Qatari-US Strategic Dialogue.

The prime minister “arrived in Washington, heading the Qatari delegation in the 6th round of the Qatar-US Strategic Dialogue, which will be held tomorrow,” the Qatari Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The minister “will open the dialogue with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken,” the statement added.

The statement noted that the dialogue “will include 12 sessions in various fields of cooperation between the two countries.”

The dialogue comes amid mediation efforts by both countries to broker an agreement between Israel and Hamas for a cease-fire in Gaza and a prisoner exchange.

In November 2022, the fifth round of the Qatari-US Strategic Dialogue took place in Doha during which issues related to Iranian nukes, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and Palestine were discussed.

*Writing by Mohammad Sio​​​​​​​