Al-Sharq Affirms Qatar as a Global Beacon of Peace, Security

Doha, February 17 (QNA) - Al-Sharq newspaper affirmed in its editorial Thursday that the international interest in the role of the State of Qatar is a natural result of its positive and constructive engagement with partners within the framework of multilateral cooperation in the interest of strengthening international peace and security. A role that has emerged remarkably in many crises and hotspot issues, including the distinguished role in reaching the historic agreement between the United States and the Taliban, which paved the way for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan, the newspaper underlined. In this regard, the paper referred to the discussion session organized by Chatham House in London, United Kingdom, in which HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani reviewed Qatar's prominent roles at the regional and international levels. His Excellency's participation reflects the extent of the interest of major centers concerned with decision-making and policies around the world in the influential role of Doha in global issues and crises and the leading position it has assumed due to its foreign policy based on the principle of cooperation and international peace, where mediation and preventive diplomacy form the core of this policy, the paper said. Al-Sharq explained that HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs presented before the discussion session the views and positions of the State of Qatar on many regional and international issues, its exceptional efforts and roles, and its contributions to achieving security and peace stability. His Excellency stressed that the world after the COVID-19 pandemic needs to rearrange its priorities within a more cooperative and comprehensive framework, the paper added. One of the distinguished roles of the State of Qatar is its role in advancing the dialogue on the nuclear agreement with Iran, and its outstanding efforts in the truce understandings in the Gaza Strip, and other track records of mediation that constituted important stations in regional and international stability, the newspaper noted. Al-Sharq concluded its editorial by saying that the State of Qatar, thanks to the wise leadership and vision of HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, has become a global beacon of peace. (QNA)