DOHA: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani has received a phone call from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan HE Dr Ayman Safadi.
They reviewed relations between the two countries and ways to support and develop them, the latest developments in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territories, developments in joint mediation efforts to end the war on the Strip, the repercussions of the assassination of head of the political bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement in Palestine (Hamas) Dr Ismail Haniyeh, in the Iranian capital, Tehran, and ways to calm and reduce escalation in the region.
The Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Jordan, stressed that stopping the war on the Gaza Strip represents the first step to defusing tension and escalation in the region.
They also stressed the continuation of coordination, consultation and joint work between the two countries to stop the war and put an end to the humanitarian disaster witnessed by the Gaza Strip.