Newspapers: HH the Amir's Speech Opens Wide Horizons for Rich Discussions During Doha Forum

Doha, March 27 (QNA) - In their Sunday editorials, Qatari newspapers highlighted HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani's speech during the 20th edition of Doha Forum, held under the theme "Transformation into a New Era." The newspapers said that HH the Amir's speech opens wide horizons for rich dialogue and discussions during the Forum, which since its launch, has turned into an international dialogue platform between intellectual leaders, specialists and decision-makers around the world. The newspapers pointed out that His Highness's speech carried many important contents and messages that constitute constants in the country's strategy at the local and global levels. The papers noted that HH the Amir's speech received wide global attention as it includes comprehensive vision towards the challenges facing the world, which is going through a delicate stage, and expresses the State of Qatar's positions in many regional and international issues. They also expressed hope that HH's speech would constitute a real beginning for the return of global awareness of the importance of dialogue as the best way to achieve international peace and security, away from war and weapons, which have produced nothing but destruction, death and devastation throughout history. Al-Sharq daily said that HH the Amir's speech reflects a vision for the future that His Highness personally works for, which is the era of peace, security and coexistence for all, the era in which all people can access their basic needs in education, health, water resources, and living with dignity, and where they can fulfil themselves and exercise their lifestyle and cultures. The newspaper underlined that HH's vision represents the core of the State of Qatar's policies and the role the country plays in the international arena, through its successful mediation efforts to resolve disputes by peaceful means, and its investment of the experiences it had in serving peace, stability and just solutions to disputes, as well as its active role in terms of accelerating the implementation of the development agenda and confronting climate change, and its prominent participation through multilateral international cooperation to address the major challenges facing the world. HH the Amir was clear in his speech, as he warns that the world today has reached a pivotal stage on all political, economic, environmental, and social levels, and this stage requires radical revisions, whether at the level of the environment and climate change or at the societal level and people's livelihood, as the social and economic gap among states is indicative of a serious defect in the overall economies, or on the political and security level, as there is a contraction in the political and diplomatic means in favor of military expansion and armed solutions. In conclusion, Al-Sharq said that the catastrophic repercussions of the challenges facing the world today require a serious and real position by the international community to determine the future of the international order, in a manner that achieves peace, security, stability, equity, dignity and goodness for all humanity and guarantees a prosperous future for generations to come. For its part, Al-Watan newspaper said in its Sunday editorial that HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, under his gracious patronage at the opening of the 20th edition of Doha Forum, held under the theme "Transformation into a New Era," at the Doha Sheraton, where he delivered a speech in which he addressed the challenges facing the world today at a pivotal stage at all levels, political, economic, environmental and social. The newspaper pointed out that His Highness warned in his speech against the exclusionary populist voices in a time of societal tensions and economic recession, pointing out that one of these exclusionary phenomena that have increased in recent years is the phenomenon of Islamophobia. HH the Amir emphasized in his speech the need to take a firm and serious stand against it, such as the one witnessed by the world when it took a stand against racial discrimination and anti-Semitism. Regarding the Ukrainian war, HH the Amir expressed sorrow in his speech over contraction in the political and diplomatic means in favor of military expansion and armed solutions, noting that militarization of solutions has begun to grow during the last four decades till it reached one of its most challenging peaks in the Ukrainian war, the newspaper underlined. Concluding, Al-Watan said that HH the Amir's speech is historic in a pivotal international circumstance, with hope that it will mark a real beginning for the return of global awareness of the importance of dialogue, as it is the best way to achieve international peace and security. In its editorial Sunday, Al-Arab daily newspaper noted the speech made by HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani during the opening of the 20th edition of Doha Forum on Saturday consisted of many important messages, which constitute constants in the state's strategy for the local and global situations, and are translated into action visions for Qatari diplomacy at the external level. The paper stated that HH the Amir stressed that Qatar has chosen "a path of rational dialogue that is simultaneously based on balancing common values and interests, we have chosen the path of mediation to resolve disputes by peaceful means," emphasizing that Qatar has achieved great successes in this point, and among these successes, for example, is the Afghan file, where Doha was an honest mediator that was acceptable from various parties around the world. Al-Arab pointed out that the era of peace, which HH focused on, leads to another important axis, as HH referred to the current war in the European continent as a model for global issues, in which he aligned himself with humanity, peace and coexistence, and called on the major powers to "take a serious pause to determine the future of the international order and to ask ourselves an important question: What is the shape of the world that we want to bequeath to our children" As an extension of the fact that the Palestinian issue constitutes an important and essential axis in Qatari diplomacy, His Highness addressed in his speech the suffering of the Palestinian people, and the confusion between criticism of Israel and anti-Semitism, the newspaper underlined. While emphasizing Qatar's firm position on rejecting violence and terrorizing civilians, His Highness reminded the world at the same time of "the millions of Palestinians who have been suffering from the Israeli occupation and international neglect for more than seven decades, similarly a lot of other peoples, such as the Syrian people and the Afghan people, for whom the international community has failed to render justice," the paper noted. Al-Raya newspaper said in its Sunday editorial that His Highness' speech opened wide horizons for dialogue and rich discussions during the Doha Forum, which has turned into an international dialogue platform since its launch 20 years ago between thought leaders, specialists and decision-makers around the world. In its latest edition, it witnesses an unprecedented presence of heads of government, ministers, senior officials, parliamentarians, businessmen, the media, representatives of regional and international organizations and civil society organizations. His Highnesss speech received wide global attention, with its comprehensive vision to diagnose and solve the challenges of the world, which is going through a delicate stage. It also expressed Qatar's positions on many regional and international issues, the newspaper pointed out, adding that HH the Amir summarized the reality of the world today, that it has reached a critical stage at all levels, political, economic, environmental and social, a stage that requires radical revisions before the world reaches a state of imbalance. Al-Raya said that HH the Amir's speech contained many messages to the world, including the need for concerted international efforts to confront the effects of climate change, as well as referring to the dangers of increasing consumption patterns that are not environmentally friendly and irresponsible industrial production rates, which may lead to catastrophic repercussions that impact all of humanity, and even extend to reach future generations. HH the Amir addressed the conscience of the world, warning of the terrifying increase in global poverty rates and the difficulty of accessing the basic necessities of life and famine as a result of the social and economic gap between countries and in the same society, Al-Raya added. Concluding, Al-Raya said that there is no doubt that His Highnesss speech represents the voice of wisdom and the echo of the chants of the peoples of the world for a better tomorrow in which the elements of social justice are available to achieve security, peace, development and prosperity for societies. The lofty messages contained in the speech represent an important pillar not only for enriching the discussions of the Doha Forum to come up with viable proposals and solutions, but also a starting point for a dialogue between the international community on Qatars vision to meet the challenges at this critical stage, which constitutes a dangerous turning point towards an uncertain future. In turn, The Peninsula English newspaper stressed the importance of the Doha Forum, as it has brought together a distinguished group of thought-leaders and policy makers to discuss areas of geopolitical and inter-national relations, global financial system and economic development, defense, cyber and food security along with issues of climate change and sustainability. The newspaper noted the speech of HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, at the opening of 20th edition of Doha Forum yesterday, and His Highnesss emphasis on the a pivotal stage the world has reached today on all political, economic, environmental, and social levels, which are all issues requiring radical revisions to spare the world from reaching a state of imbalance. The newspaper noted that His Highness focused in his speech on issues that need global joint action such as environment and climate change, peoples livelihood, the social and economic gap among states and within a single society which reflects in forms of horrific increase in global poverty rates. The Peninsula pointed out that HH the Amir warned against the exclusionary populist voices, which have been rising in recent years, are the phenomenon of Islamophobia and expansion of military and armed solutions which began to grow during the last four decades and reached its most challenging peaks in the current Ukrainian war. The newspaper pointed out that HH the Amir also emphasized, "The firm position of the State of Qatar on the renunciation of violence, intimidating civilians and assaulting states sovereignty and all other acts that may constitute a violation of human values and international laws." HH the Amir added, "We stand in solidarity with the millions of innocent people and refugees who have been victimized by this unjust war and geopolitical calculations." HH the Amir reminded the world that millions of Palestinians, Syrians and Afghans have been suffering for long and the international community failed to render justice. Concluding, The Peninsula said that the Doha Forum, as a global platform for dialogue, brought together leaders in policy to discuss critical challenges facing the world, means of tackling global shared challenges and look for solutions and opportunities to build innovative and action-driven networks. This years theme, "Transforming for a New Era", reflects the concern about the political and economic changes the world is witnessing while emerging from COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the role of Qatar in promoting dialogue between nations and governments as global challenges have forced governments to stand united and advance inventive solutions to rising common threats. (QNA)