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 The new Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani claimed his country will keep on supporting the aspirations of the Arab peoples towards freedom in the face of tyranny, stating that his country did not make these aspirations.
During his first speech since he took office on Wednesday, Sheikh Tamim stressed his country’s rejection of the division of Arab communities on sectarian and doctrinal bases. He also renewed his country’s commitment to all regional and international agreements and treaties, in a hint to the unchangeable foreign policy of Qatar, pointing at the rights of Palestinian people and calling for the Zionist troops withdrawal from all the Arab lands occupied since 1976. He also praised the reign of his father, Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, and vowed to confront the challenges in the field of infrastructure and oil and gas industries. Sheikh Tamim inherits a Gulf state that under his father’s rule developed into a political and economic emirate with multi-billion-dollar investments across the world. Under the outgoing emir, Qatar, along with the Saudi Arabia and Turkey, played a role in Middle East affairs massively out of proportion to its size, becoming a major backer of the Syrian crisis. Syria was hit by a violent unrest since mid-March 2011, where the Syrian government accuses foreign actors, including Qatar, of orchestrating the conflict by supporting the militant opposition groups with arms and money.
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 Qatar’s new Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani removed Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassem Al-Thani from his office, in the first decision issued after receiving power from his father on Tuesday.The decision announced earlier Wednesday was part of the cabinet reshuffling process by the Emir.Abdullah bin Nasser Al-Thani, Qatar’s State Minister for Internal Affairs is tipped to succeed Hamad bin Jassem Al-Thani as Prime Minister, AFP quoted sources as saying.The new government is expected to be announced when Tamim Al-Thani makes his first address to the nation later Wednesday marking his official enthronement as new ruler of the tiny, oil-rich Gulf state. |
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Iran on Wednesday expressed hope that Qatar’s new Emir, Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, would reconsider his country’s policies toward Syria, and indicated that the current political vacuum in Syria will have disastrous consequences on the region. “We hope that Sheikh Tamim contemplates the situation in Syria and reconsiders (his nation’s) past policies,” Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said.”So the Syrian people can be saved from this pain, no more blood is spilled and peace and stability return… We hope Sheikh Tamim gives this issue a special attention,” Salehi added.In parallel, Salehi hoped that there would be an approach in the points of views between Iran and Qatar on regional issues and Syria, stressing that “Tehran is looking forward to strengthen relations with Doha despite the different political points of views.”
On another hand, the Iranian foreign minister said the Islamic Republic had congratulated Qatar on the power transition. However, he refused to comment on the issue, considering that it was an internal issue. |
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