Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani met a delegation of US Congress members on Sunday during their visit to Doha.
The visitors were Democrats Salud Carbajal, Ami Bera and Juan Vargas (California) and Derek Kilmer (Washington) and Republicans Dave Joyce (Ohio) and Lance Gooden (Texas), the Qatar News Agency reported.
The two sides discussed ways to strengthen relations between Qatar and the US, strategic cooperation in various sectors, and regional and global developments.
The talks came a day after Qatar’s Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani spoke to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres about the situation in Gaza.
During a phone call, they discussed joint mediation efforts to end the war, the release of prisoners and detainees, and getting humanitarian aid to all areas of the enclave.
Qatar has played an intermediary role throughout the war in Gaza. Along with the US and Egypt, it was instrumental in helping negotiate the brief halt to the fighting in November that led to the release of dozens of hostages.
Source: Arab News
