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Article: Qatari Minister Vows To Pursue Peace in Mideast
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- November 12, 1996
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Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad Ben Jassim Bin Al-Thani said
here today that his country will continue to pursue peace and
prosperity despite the stalled Middle East peace process.
At the opening session of the third Middle East and North Africa
(MENA) economic conference, the Qatari minister said his country has
sent a large delegation to the conference to show "a spirit of
optimism" towards a just peace in the region.
The Qatari official expressed concern over the fact that the
peace
process has slowed down on the Palestinian track and almost frozen
on
the Syrian and Lebanese tracks.
"The commitment to the principle of 'land for peace,' the
establishment of a Palestinian state, and ...