Qatari Foreign Minister Says Brought Emir’s Message on Syria to Putin

Qatar’s foreign minister confirmed on Friday he had brought a verbal message on the situation in Syria from the Arab monarchy’s emir to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

BOCHAROV RUCHEY (Russia) (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Qatari top diplomat, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, was expected to pass on the message during a meeting in Moscow.

"Mr. President, thank you very much for today's reception. His Highness the emir sends you his best wishes. And he sent me to Your Excellency to give his verbal message, which concerns the developments in our region, especially on the situation in Syria," the foreign minister said.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani said that he had discussed the situation in Yemen and Libya, among other regional issues, with Vladimir Putin.

"We also discussed a number of other regional issues, in particular the situation in Yemen and Libya. We also talked about the necessity to push the peace process in the Middle East and put an end to the Israeli occupation and revive the peace process again," the Qatari foreign minister said after the meeting with Putin in the southern Russian city of Sochi.