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New York
Qatar has welcomed constructive initiatives to find means towards de-escalation and settle differences through dialogue in the Gulf region.
Qatar also stressed the region’s strategic importance and its serious efforts towards resolving crises peacefully, achieving political and security stability, and strengthening preventive diplomacy.
This came in a statement delivered by Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations HE Ambassador Sheikha Alya bint Ahmed bin Saif Al Thani at the UN Security Council Meeting titled ‘Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Comprehensive Review of the Situation in the Arabian Gulf Region’. The meeting was convened by Russia which chairs the council’s works this month, led by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
“Resolving differences through dialogue is the core of Qatar’s foreign policy and the approach it has followed in dealing with the Gulf crisis. This has been Qatar’s policy since the beginning of the crisis, as HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani called for a serious and constructive dialogue based on common interests, good neighbourliness, mutual respect for the sovereignty, independence and unity of states and non-interference in their internal affairs,” Sheikha Alya said, pointing out that HH the Amir expressed his commitment to mediation, especially the efforts of the late Amir of Kuwait HH Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah and the efforts of brotherly and friendly countries.
The envoy reiterated Qatar’s firm conviction that there is no way to achieve sustainable peace in the region except by settling disputes within collective frameworks.
The ambassador also affirmed Qatar’s keenness to maintain the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) as a model for a sub-regional framework for cooperation and coordination, adding that disputes between its members are supposed to be settled under its umbrella, as this is one of the purposes for which it was originally established.
She continued, “Before the escalation of the crises in the Gulf region to their current status, HH the Amir has called, since 2015 from the forum of the United Nations General Assembly, to agree on rules that govern relationship between Iran and the GCC countries, and to conduct a meaningful dialogue based on common interests, respect for sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of states.”
She also noted the vision set forth by HH the Amir to get out of the tense situation in the region by establishing an effective framework for shared security in our region, referring to the Amir’s speech at the Munich Security Conference in 2018, in which he urged to agree on basic security principles and rules of governance, and at least a minimum level of security to allow for peace and prosperity.
She explained that this vision does not only guarantee the end of existing crises, but rather their non-occurrence or escalation in the future, on the basis of integration instead of collision and of common interests instead of unilateral goals.
She pointed to many common challenges and risks facing the region, the most prominent of which are the threats of terrorism, climate and epidemics, calling for cooperation in facing these common challenges. This would pave the way towards the settlement of the most complex crises in the Middle East region, that can only be resolved on the basis of law, respect for the United Nations Charter and the provision of security development and protection of human rights, she added.
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22/10/2020
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