HE Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Paraguay Antonio Rivas Palacios met with HE Acting Charge D'affaires of the Embassy of the State of Qatar to Paraguay Saeed bin Hamad Al Marri.

HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani met on Sunday with HE Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uganda Sam Kutesa, who is currently visiting the country.

HE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi met Sunday with HE the Canadian Prime Minister's Special Envoy Joe Clark, who is currently visiting the country.

HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani met today separately with HE President of the French Senate Gerard Larcher, HE President of the French National Assembly Richard Ferrand, HE Member of the French Senate and President of the French-Gulf Friendship Group in the Senate Jean-Marie Bockel, HE Head of the Foreign and Defense Affairs Committee of the French National Assembly Marielle de Sarnez, HE Head of the French-Qatari Friendship Group in the French National Assembly Pascal Brando, during His Excellency's visit to France.

The State of Qatar called on the Human Rights Council to increase its efforts in protecting journalists and activists in the occupied Palestinian territories, who lose their lives trying to tell the truth. Qatar called on the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders to pay special attention to them in future reports.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has concluded its training workshop on the role of national mechanisms in preparing reports and following up on recommendations and working with international and regional human rights mechanisms, organized by the Human Rights Department at the ministry.

The State of Qatar has affirmed that efforts to combat violent extremism and terrorism should conform to international human rights standards and that a comprehensive approach that is evaluated and monitored and based on security, legal, political, economic and social visions must be taken.

The State of Qatar has gifted the Diplomatic Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the sisterly Federal Republic of Somalia hundreds of books and scientific references in various fields of political science and strategic studies, provided by the Diplomatic Institute at the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani met today with HE Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of the French Republic Jean-Yves Le Drian, during his visit to France.

HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said that the leadership and people of Qatar are satisfied with the level of bilateral relations with Germany, looking forward to strengthening and developing them.