Ankara - Turkey

The State of Qatar has reiterated its firm stance against violence and terrorism, regardless of their motives and reasons, and its total rejection of all acts that sanctify blood and sanctities and innocent lives. It stressed that terrorism and extremism in all their forms and manifestations continue to be a source of threat to our peoples and our countries, and to our economic and social achievements, calling for continuation and intensification of individual and collective efforts to eradicate this scourge.

The Foreign Ministry's Diplomatic Institute organized on Monday a forum on combating violent extremism on the sidelines of the seventh meeting for the board of Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF), which will be hosted in Doha on Tuesday for the first time in the Middle East.

HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani received on Monday a written message from HE President of the Republic of Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kabore, pertaining to bilateral relations and means of boosting and developing them.

HE the Director of the Department of International Cooperation of the Foreign Ministry Ambassador Tariq bin Ali Al Ansari, met with the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Head of the UN Mission in Somalia at the UN headquarters in Mogadishu, Michael Keating. The meeting discussed ways to enhance cooperation between the two sides, as well as matters of mutual interest.

GCC Foreign Ministers began on Monday in Kuwait their 144th meeting ahead of the 38th session of the Supreme Council of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on 5 and 6 December. HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani headed Qatar's delegation in the meeting.