HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani met here today with HE Norbert Rottgen, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Policy of the German parliament (Bundestag) and former minister of environment, during his visit to Germany.

HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani affirmed that Qatar and Germany have agreed that the political solution is the best solution for the Libyan issue away from the military solution, expressing the hope that wisdom will prevail to end the Gulf crisis.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department of Human Rights concluded today at the ministry's headquarters a workshop on the universal periodic review mechanism on human rights in cooperation with Geneva Institute for Human Rights, and the UN Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre for South-West Asia and the Arab Region. Representatives of different ministries, institutions, and civil society organizations are taking part in the event.

The State of Qatar has affirmed its interest in the promotion and protection of human rights as a strategic option for the State in the provisions and principles of the Constitution and national legislation, which are in line with the international conventions and instruments related to human rights to which the State of Qatar has acceded, and it stressed that it has spared no effort to improve and develop labor laws.

The State of Qatar stressed that it has been following closely the popular movement and the developments in the sisterly Republic of the Sudan, driven by concern for the safety of the brotherly Sudanese people and the security and stability of the Sudan.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department of Human Rights held today at the ministry's headquarters a workshop in cooperation with Geneva Institute for Human Rights, the UN Human Rights Training Centre for South-West Asia and the Arab Region. The workshop was on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism adopted by the UN. Representatives of different ministries, institutions, and civil society organizations are taking part in the event.

HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani urged the international community to take a firm stance against the violations of international law, not only in Libya but in all regional issues that do not take into account the law.

The State of Qatar was unanimously elected as Vice Chairperson for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) at the 161th session which kicked off on Monday and will run till April 12 at the FAO's headquarters in Rome.

The State of Qatar condemned the explosion that took place near a market in the city of Sheikh Zuweid in North Sinai, Egypt, killing four security personnel and injuring a number of civilians.

The State of Qatar has expressed, in the strongest terms, its condemnation of the aerial bombardment of "Mitiga" airport in the Libyan capital Tripoli, for which Haftar forces had claimed responsibility.