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DOHA, Qatar
Qatar s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani on Wednesday evening spoke over phone with the US national security advisor Jake Sullivan and discussed the current situation in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The statement of the phone talk was released by the Qatari state-run news agency, but it did not give further details.
Meanwhile, Ismail Haniyeh, leader of the Hamas group, received a call from the Qatari foreign minister related to the tensions between the Palestinian resistant groups in Gaza and Israel.
Qatar has strong relations with Hamas which runs the Gaza strip since 2007, where the Qatari moves are seen as an effort to stop the Israeli escalation on Gaza.
DUBAI: Qatar’s Finance Minister Ali Sherif al Emadi was arrested over embezzlement allegations and stripped of his duties on Thursday.
In a statement carried by state news agency QNA, the public prosecutor said Emadi was being questioned over allegations of embezzlement, abuse of power and crimes related to the public sector. An investigation was under way.
The administrative office of Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani said the Emir had relieved Emadi of his duties, which would now be handled by the trade and industry minister, Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari.
Emadi has been minister of finance in the wealthy Arab state since 2013 and sits on the board of its powerful $300 billion sovereign wealth fund, the Qatar Investment Authority.
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[ Last Update: Friday, 07 May 2021 9:50 AM ] Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani is pictured at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, February 9, 2021. (Photo by Reuters)
Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has underscored the necessity of an agreement on a format for dialogue between the Persian Gulf Arab countries and Iran that would address ongoing concerns and ease regional tensions. The region needs to feel some stability and needs to have all the players in the region coming along together and to have dialogue to calm down all these tensions, Al Thani told Reuters news agency on Thursday.