The commitment of the State of Qatar for partnership and cooperation with the international community in dealing with different issues at the national and international level has distinguished the principles of its foreign policy.
Enhancing international peace and security through encouraging resolution of international conflicts by peaceful means, abstaining from interference in the internal affairs of other countries are the basis of Qatar’s foreign policy.
Through implementing these principles and diplomatic efforts to settle regional conflicts, Qatar has created a high international profile and reputation in the field of mediation and will not hesitate to play its role as an active partner in the international community.
Qatar is a country which has cultivated a reputation as a political mediator and as a key supporter of development programmes and education in poor countries, in addition to its continuing support to various countries of the world to confront the COVID-19 pandemic by providing medical supplies and mobile hospitals. Given that the unconditional dialogue to resolve any dispute and establishing the principle of cooperation to achieve peace and stability is at the heart of its policies, its insistence on a peaceful solution to the Gulf crisis and through unconditional dialogue stems from its firm convictions and principles of its foreign policy.
During a virtual meeting held recently by the UN Security Council, to discuss “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian issue” the Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations H E Ambassador Sheikha Alya bint Ahmed bin Saif Al Thani reiterated Qatar’s adherence to resolving the crisis with the blockading countries by peaceful diplomatic means and through mediation and constructive unconditional dialogue.
The blockade that Qarar has faced for more than three years is unfair and represents illegal measures that contradict the United Nations Charter, principles of international law, international agreements and covenants and human rights, but Qatar has taken international law as a path to settle the dispute and protect the rights of its citizens and residents negatively affected by the illegal measures associated with the blockade.
While the blockading countries continued to ignore the principles and the Charter of the United Nations and international law in a blatant manner, these principles formed the basis of Qatar’s approach to the crisis. Therefore Qatar has resorted to international forums and judicial bodies, especially the International Court of Justice (ICJ), ICAO and World Trade Organization (WTO), as the main organs of the United Nations to settle disputes with blockading countries.
