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Rabat, Media & Communication Dept., December 20

The State of Qatar participated in the sixth session of the Russian-Arab Cooperation Forum held in Marrakech, Kingdom of Morocco.
HE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi chaired the State of Qatar's delegation in the forum.
In remarks before the forum, HE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs pointed out that Arab region and the entire world are facing extraordinary circumstance, noting that still the barbaric and brutal Israeli aggression is ongoing against the Palestinian people since last October.
His Excellency pointed out that the aggression created the most brutal and largest scale of war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity in full view of the international community which is unable to stop this heinous war that contravenes all international war laws and human rights charters. He emphasized that the Arab-Russian relationships are on solid ground of shared principles, indicating that today's meeting comes to proceed with the cementing cooperation between the two sides which has witnessed a quantum leap during the recent years, especially in the political and economic relationships.
HE Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi highlighted that the state of polarization the international order is witnessing imposes shoring up relations among Arab world and Russia to find a multi-polar world that achieves international legitimacy away from double standards policies that undermined the collective security system approved by the international community and threatened the international stability, peace and security.
His Excellency added that the Russian role that backs restoring international peace and security in the Middle East region is appreciated, and there is an aspiration to a Russian role that backs settling and addressing the consequences of the conflict in Syria, Yemen, Sudan, and Libya, in addition to backing Arab efforts regionally and globally to halt and end the barbaric Israeli assaults against the brotherly Palestinian people. His Excellency renewed the State of Qatar's call for ending this war that has exceeded all limits.
HE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs reiterated the State of Qatars unwavering position on the justice of the Palestinian cause, along with the legitimate rights of the brotherly Palestinian people, affirming that the only guarantee to achieve a sustainable peace in the region is to reach a just and comprehensive solution for the Palestinian cause which is based on ending the Israeli occupation and establishing the State of Palestine on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with the international legitimacy resolutions, Arab peace initiative and the two-state solution as agreed by the international community.
His Excellency outlined that the convention of the current session of the forum -which comes amid large-scale political turmoil and volatile economic transformations the international arena is witnessing- underscores the shared recognition of the fact that goals related to achieving Arab, Russian and global peace and security, as well as the development for nations and peoples are mutual goals committed by the two sides, reaffirming the significance of completing the accomplished achievement made during the five past sessions at all political and economic levels, adding that this would never happen unless effective cooperation and coordination are enhanced between the two sides.
He indicated that the State of Qatar is committed to reinforcing cooperation relationships with the Russian federation, noting that these relationships witnessed distinguished and tangible progress during the past two decades in multiple political and economic fields, particularly in trade and investment, pointing out that the Qatari investments in Russia occupy advanced position among the foreign investments there, and reinforce constant cooperation in energy field.
HE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs commended the persistent cooperation and coordination on the developments that are happening at the global level, pertaining to regional and global issues of common concern, underscoring that the State of Qatar supports the outcomes of this session to further give impetus to the Arab-Russian relationships and bring them to new and broader venues in all economic, investment, political and security fields to achieve the aspirations of Arab and Russian peoples in security, development, progress and prosperity.