HH the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani patronized the opening of the US-Islamic World Forum at Conrad Hotel in New York City in the United States of America on Sunday.

HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al -Thani will take part in the meetings of the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly, to be held at the Organization's headquarters in New York, USA.

HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani discussed with HE the President of the friendly French Republic Emmanuel Macron the strong bilateral relations and means of enhancing and developing them in all fields to serve the common interests of the two countries.

HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani arrived in the French capital Paris on a working visit, at the invitation of HE President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron.

HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani said that talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel were distinct and frank and dealt with the crisis in the Gulf between Qatar and its neighbors after more than one hundred days of the siege on Qatar.

HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and HE German Chancellor Dr Angela Merkel held a meeting where they discussed regional and international developments, especially the Gulf crisis and efforts being made to contain and resolve it through dialogue and diplomatic means as well as through the mediation of the State of Kuwait.

HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani arrived Thursday evening in Ankara for a working visit to the Republic of Turkey.

The State of Qatar has asserted that since June it has been subjected to unilateral coercive measures and unjust siege by some countries in the region, which have resulted in serious and persistent violations of human rights that have not yet received sufficient consideration and attention from the mechanisms of the United Nations Human Rights Council, except for the Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression who commented on these measures from the perspective of his mandate, and the High Commissioner for Human Rights, who expressed his views on these measures professionally and clearly.

The State of Qatar participated in the 148th Session of the Arab League Council at the level of Foreign Ministers, held Tuesday at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Arab League.

The State of Qatar called on the United Nations Human Rights Council to take an urgent action to stop the violations resulting from the unilateral coercive measures and the unjust siege imposed by a number of countries on the State of Qatar, and to end the ongoing and increasing suffering of those affected by siege.