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QATAR FM LEAVES CAIRO FOR RAMALLAH
CAIRO, MARCH 9 (KUNA) -- QATARI MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SHEIKH HAMAD
BIN JASEM BIN JABR AL-THANI ON SATURDAY DENIED THAT HE WOULD MEET ANY ISRAELI
OFFICIAL DURING HIS VISIT TO RAMALLAH FOR WHICH HE LEFT.
SHEIKH HAMAD LEFT HERE AFTER MEETING WITH A NUMBER OF ARAB FOREIGN MINITERS.
HE TOLD REPORTERS AT THE CAIRO AIRPORT THAT HE WAS LEAVING FOR RAMALLAH TO
MEET WITH THE PALESTINIAN LEADER YASSER ARAFAT AND THAT NO OTHER MEETING WAS
YET SCHEDULED.
HE SAID HE WAS CONVEYING A MESSAGE FROM THE AMIR OF QATAR SHEIKH HAMAD BIN
KHALIFA AL-THANI, WHO CURRENTLY CHAIRS THE ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC CONFERENCE,
TO ARAFAT TACKLING SUPPORT TO HIM AND THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE BESIDES THE
FINANCIAL SUPPORT.
HE SAID THAT THE AMIR OF QATAR HAS SENT LETTERS TO HEADS OF THE FIVE
PERMANENT STATES IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL URGING THEM TO ADOPT A UNIFIED STAND
TOWARDS THE RECENT EVENTS IN THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES. (END)
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