The State of Qatar has strongly condemned the attack by an improvised explosive device near the Bagram Air base in Afghanistan, killing three US soldiers and a contractor and wounding three other US soldiers.

The State of Qatar has expressed its total rejection of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statements on the annexation of areas of the West Bank and imposing Israeli sovereignty over them.

The Department of Policy and Planning of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs organized on Sunday a panel discussion entitled "the Middle East and Horn of Africa: Foreign Policy Trends" presented by experts of the International Crisis Group.

HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani met today with HE Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Office Vladimir Voronkov on the sidelines of the 140th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union held in Doha.

HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani met Sunday with HE Council of Representatives' Speaker of the Republic of Iraq Mohamed Al Halbousi, on the sidelines of the 140th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) held in Doha.

The Department of Policy and Planning of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs organized a roundtable entitled "Qatar, the Middle East and the Horn of Africa: Opportunities and Challenges", in partnership with the International Crisis Group in collaboration with the Gulf Studies Center at Qatar University.

The State of Qatar confirmed that it has been following the recent military escalation in Libya with great concern, noting that this escalation comes shortly before the convening of the Libyan National Conference, and thus threatens to undermine the path of the UN-backed political solution.

The State of Qatar expressed its strong condemnation and denunciation of the armed attack and clashes in the town of Arbinda in northern Burkina Faso near the Mali border which left dozens of people dead.

HE Official Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lolwah Al Khater met separately with HE Deputy Spokesman for the US Department of State Robert Palladino, and HE Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Tim Lenderking, during her visit to the United States.

The State of Qatar and the Republic of Latvia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to hold political consultations between the foreign ministries of both countries.