The fifth annual strategic dialogue between the State of Qatar and the United States of America will kick off tomorrow in Doha and will be chaired by His Excellency Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and His Excellency U.S. Secretary of State Mr. Antony Blinken.

An official source at the Department of Consular Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Monday that the government of the Republic of Zambia issued a decision exempting citizens of the State of Qatar from entry visas to the Republic of Zambia.

HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani met Sunday with HE Vice-President of the European Commission for Promoting our European Way of Life Margaritis Schinas who is currently visiting the country to attend the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 opening ceremony.

HE Speaker of the National Assembly of the sisterly State of Kuwait Ahmed Al Sadoun met with HE Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the State of Kuwait Ali bin Abdulla Al Mahmoud.

HE Special Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Counterterrorism and Mediation in Conflict Resolution Dr. Mutlaq bin Majed Al Qahtani met separately with HE Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of India Ausaf Sayeed and HE Indian envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan JP Bhalla, on the sidelines of His Excellency's participation in the third 'No Money for Terror' Ministerial Conference on Counter-Terrorism Financing in the Indian capital, New Delhi.

HE Special Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Counterterrorism and Mediation in Conflict Resolution Dr. Mutlaq bin Majed Al Qahtani met Saturday with HE Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Strategic Policy of the United States of America Scott Rembrandt, on the sidelines of His Excellency's participation in the third 'No Money for Terror' Ministerial Conference on Counter-Terrorism Financing in the Indian capital, New Delhi.

HE Special Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Counterterrorism and Mediation in Conflict Resolution Dr. Mutlaq bin Majed Al Qahtani met with HE President of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) T. Raja Kumar on the sidelines of the third 'No Money for Terror' Ministerial Conference on Counter-Terrorism Financing in New Delhi.

The State of Qatar affirmed that modern technologies provide unprecedented capabilities to enhance the effectiveness of measures taken to combat terrorism and its financing, pointing out that creative and constructive thinking is necessary to find ways to employ these technologies in counter-terrorism financing.

The Third Committee on (Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural) of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly adopted by consensus the resolution for the "Preparatory procedures for marking the 20th anniversary of the International Year of the Family" to implement the objectives of the International Year of the Family, in which the State of Qatar facilitated negotiations, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China to the UN.