2024-04-18 04:42:13
“We are currently at a very sensitive stage with some impeachment and we are doing as much as possible to address this impeachment,” Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdurrahman Al Thani told a joint press conference with Romanian Prime Minister Marcela Colac.
Qatar, along with the United States and Egypt, have been involved in backroom talks for several weeks, trying to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of hostages taken by Hamas in Israel in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons.
The negotiators are trying to “make progress and end the suffering that the people of Gaza are experiencing and get the hostages back,” Sheikh Mohammed said.
Moderates had hoped a truce could be reached before the start of Ramadan, but roadblocks continued to appear in the way of talks, and hostilities continued during the Muslim fasting month that ended last week.
In addition, fears have grown that with Iran’s April 13 missile and drone attack on Israel, the six-month-long Gaza war may turn into a regional conflict.
The Qatari prime minister said in Doha that “from the very beginning of this war, he warned about the widening of the scope of the conflict, and now we see conflicts on different fronts.”
“We constantly call on the international community to take responsibility and stop this war,” he added.
The people of the Gaza Strip live under “siege and hunger” while humanitarian aid is used as a “tool for political blackmail”, the prime minister said.
2024-04-18 04:42:13