Saudi Foreign Minister meets his Qatari counterpart in New York
On the sideline of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met with his Qatari colleague Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
The conference “examined bilateral ties between the two fraternal nations, as well as measures to strengthen and enhance them to serve mutual interests, as well as sharing views on regional and international problems of common concern,” according to the Associated Press.
Saudi Arabia and Qatar signed a document to form the Saudi-Qatari Coordination Council last Wednesday, August 25.
Musaed bin Mohammed Al-Aiban, Saudi Minister of State and Acting Foreign Minister met with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in the city of Neom, according to the official Saudi “SPA” and “Qena” news agencies.
During the meeting, the “distinguished bilateral relations between the two brotherly countries” were reviewed, and the two sides signed the “amended protocol of the minutes of the establishment of the Saudi-Qatari Coordination Council,” which is chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on the Saudi side and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on the Qatari side.
“Many top officials from the two fraternal nations, Their Highnesses, Excellencies, and Highnesses” are said to be involved in the council’s activities, according to the two agencies.
The Saudi-Qatari Coordination Council, according to “SPA” and “QNA,” is a comprehensive framework for strengthening bilateral relations and “pushing the partnership between them to broader horizons following the Kingdom’s vision 2030 and Qatar’s vision 2030.
