QNA

Doha

Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani will be part of the Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani’s delegation to the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, said the official spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), Dr. Majed bin Mohammad Al Ansari.

During the UNGA meetings from September 22 to 28, the prime minister will hold several bilateral meetings to be attended by 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 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and a meeting His Excellency held in Doha with 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.