Washington - Information Office - June 28

HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani met in Washington with Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the US Senate Senator Bob Crocker and Vice Chairman of the Committee Senator Bob Menendez.

HE also met separately with a number of members of the Senate and the House of Representatives and representatives of various committees in the US Congress.

During the meetings, the strategic relations between the State of Qatar and the United States of America and ways of supporting and developing them were discussed, in addition to a number of issues of common concern.

Members of the US Congress held a working lunch for HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, during which they discussed the strategic relations between the two countries and means of supporting and developing, as well as the existing efforts to enhance relations in various fields.

They also discussed a number of regional and international issues of common concern.