Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday for talks taken with bilateral industry, the battle in Gaza and Syria’s members of the family with Moscow following the ouster of its longtime ruler.
“Qatar is certainly one of our precedence companions, particularly within the Center East,” Putin stated throughout the assembly on the Kremlin. The Gulf nation has performed a key mediating position in efforts to reunite Ukrainian kids taken to Russia with their households.
The Kremlin chief stated that industry between the 2 nations stays “modest” however famous Qatar’s partnership with the Russian state oil large Rosneft and expressed hopes for brand spanking new “attention-grabbing” initiatives via OPEC.
Qatar’s emir agreed that present industry volumes don’t mirror the intensity of the connection and stated he used to be “proud” of joint investments in pharmaceutical production. He added that extra trade offers have been anticipated to be signed throughout the consult with.
Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov had stated previous that the 2 leaders would additionally “trade perspectives” on Russia’s battle towards Ukraine, however the Kremlin’s readout in their public remarks made no point out of the war.
Talking in regards to the ongoing battle in Gaza, the emir accused Israel of violating the January ceasefire settlement brokered by means of his nation, Egypt and the US.
Qatar will “attempt to bridge views with a purpose to succeed in an settlement that ends the struggling of the Palestinian folks, particularly in Gaza,” he stated.
Putin, in his flip, praised Qatar’s “critical efforts to get to the bottom of the Palestinian-Israeli war” and described the civilian toll of the battle as “a tragedy.”
“A protracted-term agreement can best be completed at the foundation of a UN solution, firstly in the course of the status quo of 2 states,” the Russian chief stated.
On Syria, the place Islamist-led rebels ousted longtime chief and Kremlin best friend Bashar al-Assad in December, Putin stated Moscow desires to peer “a sovereign, unbiased and territorially entire” Syria.
The emir stated Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, throughout a contemporary consult with to Qatar, had expressed his dedication to keeping up historic ties with Russia “in accordance with mutual recognize and the consideration for the pursuits of the 2 peoples.”
The Kremlin has signaled it seeks to construct ties with Syria’s new management whilst keeping up its army presence within the nation.
Thursday’s talks have been additionally attended by means of Overseas Minister Sergei Lavrov, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, Deputy Top Minister Denis Manturov, Central Financial institution Governor Elvira Nabiullina, senior Putin aide Yury Ushakov, Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin and Chechen chief Ramzan Kadyrov.
AFP contributed reporting.
