Doh, 01 Oct. 2021 (QT) By Ashraf Siddiqui Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has stressed the importance of the relations between Qatar and European Union (EU), describing them as “positive.” The FM stressed the keenness of Qatar to develop and strengthen the relations with EU...

Doha, 22 Sept. 2021 (Qatar Tribune) By Ashraf Siddiqui Qatar is one of the major powers in world diplomacy, said outgoing Ambassador of Japan HE Kazuo Sunaga. In an exclusive interview, the envoy said that Japan and Qatar have been developing an excellent relationship which will last for many years to come, pointing out that...

Dushanbe, 17 Sept. 2021 Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Foreign Minister of Iran; Sergei Lavrov, Foreign Minister of Russian Federation; Wang Yi, Foreign Minister of People's Republic of China; and Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Foreign Minister of Islamic Republic Of Pakistan met on Thursday to discuss situation in Afghanistan. The top Iranian diplomat is accompanying President Ebrahim Raeisi at...

Geneva, 13 Sept. 2021 (Reuters) Donors have pledged more than $1.1 billion to help Afghanistan, where poverty and hunger have spiraled since the Islamist Taliban took power, and foreign aid has dried up, raising the specter of a mass exodus. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, speaking halfway through a U.N. conference seeking $606 million to meet...

Kabul, 12 Sept 2021 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani met in Kabul Sunday with Head of the newly appointed interim government of Afghanistan Mohammad Hasan Akhund. The meeting discussed ways of promoting peace in Afghanistan and the latest developments regarding the operation of Kabul Airport and ensuring...

Moscow, 11 Sept. 2021 Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of State of Qatar underlined that Qatar and Russia agree on the need to find a solution to the situation in Afghanistan, and that humanitarian aid should be independent of any political developments, adding that the Taliban should coordinate to...

Doha, 12 Sept. 2021 (QT) By Ashraf Siddiqui The Qatar-Tajikistan Joint Inter-governmental Commission on Economic, Trade, and Technical Cooperation will meet in Doha sometime in the fourth quarter of this year, Ambassador of Tajikistan to Qatar Khisrav Sohibzoda has said. Speaking at a press conference held recently, on the occasion of his country’s 30thIndependence Day...

Islamabad, 10 Sept. 2021  (Anadolu News) Pakistan and Qatar on Thursday urged the US to unfreeze Afghanistan’s assets to save the country from total economic collapse. Speaking at a joint news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said protecting the interests of the...

Kabul, 07 Sept. 2021 Zabiullah Mujahid, Spokesperson, Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan announced today 33 members cabinet led by Mohammed Hasan Akhund, Head of Advisory Council (Rehbri Shura) as the caretaker government after recapturing their country from the foreign invaders who ruled Afghanistan since October 2001. Taliban forces have captured Capital city of Kabul on 15th...

Kabul, 04 Sept. 2021 (Daily Dawn) Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Lt Gen Faiz Hameed said on Saturday that "everything will be okay" in Afghanistan as he arrived in Kabul on what sources said was day-long trip related to the security of the region. In a video posted on Twitter by Channel 4 News, the...