Qatar’s polarization and repression in the Middle East will lead to more instability in the region if countries do not take reform steps and ease tensions, Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said.
“We can not keep people under the pressure of repression for a long time, so as to prevent unrest, we want leaders to start reform, and we have to exercise preventive diplomacy rather than diplomacy,” the official told the British newspaper.
The Qatari minister urged international powers – including the United States – to be more inclusive in their approach to the region, saying unilateral initiatives that excluded the Iranians or the Palestinians were not successful.
The Palestinian issue
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman stressed that Qatar does not show interest in any initiative that does not provide for the two-state solution and the 1967 borders, the right of return and the clear reference to Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine.
Qatar’s foreign minister said in response to a Guardian question on America’s Middle East peace plan known as the Century Deal, which Palestinians see as an American attempt to settle the Palestinian cause.
On the Iranian nuclear deal, the Qatari official said his country supports the agreement, just like the Europeans, adding that Doha does not want a nuclear arms race because it is dangerous.
Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdul Rahman denied that his country is part of an axis that includes Iran and Turkey in the face of the anti-Tehran axis, which is being advanced by the United States. “The geography of our region is complex, we do not take sides, and it is very difficult to be a facilitator, .
He called on Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister to cooperate with the UN investigation committee to investigate the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, stressing the need to hold those involved in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul accountable
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