DOHA: Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, also Qatar’s top diplomat, will begin the Europe visit on Tuesday, Arab media reported.
Qatar’s Foreign ministry spokesperson Majed Alansari stated the diplomatic mission is part of “official visits by a number of brotherly ministers of foreign affairs to some of the permanent members of the UNSC to push for an immediate truce in the Gaza Strip”. Sheikh Mohammed’s also includes the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
“This step comes on behalf of all member nations of the Arab League and OIC to push for a serious effort to attain a permanent and comprehensive peace,” Alansari maintained.
Meanwhile, Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit held meetings with several Arab and foreign officials in Bahrain on the sidelines of the annual IISS Manama Dialogue security moot.
Aboul Gheit recently also discussed the situation of Gaza with Lord Tariq Ahmad, the UK’s minister of state for the Middle East. He also spoke to EU’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Josep Borrell. He briefed Borrell about the Arab approach to end the war and to find a permanent solution to the Palestinian cause in accordance with the vision of the two states.
The death toll in Israeli strikes on Gaza since October 7 has reached 13,000, including more than 5,500 children and 3,500 women, local media reported on Sunday.
According to the government office in Gaza, the number of wounded has exceeded more than 30,000, with over 75% of them being women and children.
The administration stated that the number of missing people crossed 6,000, with most of them suspected of lying under the debris of the destroyed buildings.
UN chief Antonio Guterres has said that he was “deeply shocked” that two United Nations schools were struck within 24 hours in Gaza, killing and injuring dozens of innocent people mostly children and women “as they were seeking protection in UN premises.”
