The 16th Ministerial Meeting of the Member States of the Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD), under the chairmanship of the State of Qatar, began here today.

HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent on Wednesday a written message to HE President of the Republic of Mali Ibrahim Boubaker Keita, pertaining to the bilateral relations between the two countries and means of supporting and developing them.

HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani met separately today with HE Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia Saifuddin Abdullah , and HE Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia Retno Marsudi, on the sidelines of the 16th Ministerial Meeting of the Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD), currently in session in Doha.

HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al -Thani has received a written message from HE President Alpha Conde of the Republic of Guinea, pertaining to bilateral relations and means of boosting them.

The meeting of senior officials of Member States of the Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) began here Tuesday to prepare for the 16th ministerial meeting of the ACD Member States due to be held on Wednesday under the chairmanship of the State of Qatar.

The State of Qatar has urged the UN Security Council to take decisive action to deter those responsible for the military escalation in western Libya and warned against further slide into chaos and insecurity in western Libya.

HE Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Somalia Ahmed Isse Awad underlined that his country will not enter into any alliance or bloc of any kind against Qatar and Turkey, noting that this position has made some members of the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba entity, which is composed of eight countries, trying to exclude Somalia from this entity by limiting its to the coastal countries of the Red Sea.

HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani received a written message from HE Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif, pertaining to bilateral relations and means of boosting them.

HE Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the People's Republic of China Dr. Sultan bin Salmeen Al Mansouri opened Monday the pavilion of the State of Qatar participating in Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition 2019, in the presence of President of the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) Bernard Oosterom, Secretary-General of the Association Tim Briercliffe, and a number of visitors and media representatives.

HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani issued on Monday the Amiri Decision No. 20 of 2019, appointing Mohammed Abdullah Obaid Al Dehaimi as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the People's Republic of China.