 Thank you very much. So we have time for two or three questions. Who would like to I see a hand? Yes, please Mr. Shambas Thank you very much. My question is specifically on Sahel We are seeing countries Mali now Burkina Faso, Niger Up to Chad and a lot of pressure from extremists violent extremists and These are countries that are majority Muslim countries. So it is not a Out of question to express and to wish some more solidarity from countries in the Middle East such as Qatar To fight these terrorists and violent extremists so far to be honest. We are seeing that France working through a force that has been deployed and then also Supporting JSA Sahel countries Germany is making some effort The United States, but the nature of the threat is similar to what we saw in Northern Iraq and in Syria So the global coalition a global coalition is required to come to support these Poor countries which have a huge responsibility to have effective control of our huge territories So Would your country, you know be willing to play a more active role in the context of a global effort? The echo as countries themselves have met they said now we must draw the line We cannot let this threat go beyond Burkina Faso We must face it squarely terrorism and violent extremism, but we need a global coalition Because the same Islamic State is now showing itself as Islamic State West Africa province and it must be defeated in West Africa We'd like to Hear from you your excellency what your country could do in the context of this global effort To face terrorism and violent extremism in the Sahel. Thank you Thank you First of all, it's very important to watch very closely what's happening in the Sahar region and We believe that the threat of terrorism and extremism extremism is now transnational It's not limited to the Middle East, but it's migrating from different place to another with Almost free movements What's happening there in Sahar region is very dangerous and threatening the international peace and security and it's not only threatening Africa and all of us the international community should be united in fighting this phenomena Right now the available mechanisms in a place for helping and supporting the Sahel country is the French-led initiative which is an on the G7 Sahel, I think they call it and Qatar is contributing directly to the states for example Mali and Burkina. We have already Supporting them and have sent them already some support for military equipment They need for for their fight, but meanwhile we also do another Another initiative that address the grassroots for for those terrorism and violent extremism by providing education and building schools over there, so In Mali for example two years ago. We have launched a program for one million children in Mali to be educated under Education above all institution, which is in Qatar and Also, we are doing the same programs to the other Sahel country But I think it's very important to emphasize on on on the importance of Resolving the conflicts in that region in order to have a Safe environment for the people But also not to allow the terrorists to find it as a fertile ground for them Like for example the northern Mali issue. We need we need to put an end for for this conflict We need to find a way forward To to resolve it and I think there is a lot of efforts from friendly nations who are trying to help and Resolving this issue, but Overall Sahel remains very important and not for Africa and not for Europe, but for all of us in the region Time for two baby two more questions. Well three. Okay. Hello Bertrand Badre Mr. Tanaka and Okay, Maella Joseph Maella Thank you, thank you, thank you excellence and thank you theory Bertrand Badre founder of blue like an orange sustainable capital you mentioned in your introductory remark your recent trip to New York for you UN General Assembly and One of the main things that you have done was to present alongside France and Jamaica the climate finance action plan So my question coming back to the region is that is this renewed focus? On issues like climate and water etc. Which are really shared within the region might be a catalyst for More in-depth cooperation between the various countries in the region. Thank you very much excellence Thank you I'm not sure if I understood your question quite clearly, but I'll try to explain what I understood Well the climate change is is a global matter that everybody should be concerned about and should be a matter that unite countries and Using these things that uniting countries to unite the region. We believe it's very important But what we have seen until now it's nothing has been Practical to bring the countries together. So one example is the climate change but another example for us in the Gulf is the issue of water, which is Vital for all the Gulf countries and Iran as well We didn't even have a dialogue around this topic, which is existential for our people in that region So I think we are still there is a lack of of maturity in the countries in the region to talk about the uniting topics and Not to just limit their talks to the controversial issues that they are having differences with we have seen a sort of agreement in the opaque for the oil production, but this is because it's all a Direct win-win situation for the countries who are part of opaque but Nothing that touching directly the people of the region we didn't see any move like this in Qatar We believe Qatar a small country. It's a global player at the end of the day We care we care a lot about a lot of global issues and we are Trying to see which areas that we can contribute positively in and we do it like in the climate change and this Green fund that has been launched in New York We see a need for this and we see a need for the small states To be supported and help through this sort of mechanism So our contribution was directed to those small states and islands who are going to suffer an Existential threat in the near future because of the climate change No, no water. Thank you. Thank you very much Terry. Hope inviting me First as a former executive director of the IA. I'm the energy experts and also As Japanese I have to start talking to you Sir that Katal helped us by providing us a huge amount of gas after the March 11 2011 after the catastrophe of Japan and tsunami So I have to first thank you very much for your great help as a good friend from Qatar I have to stop saying my thanks. My question is not about energy today My question is about gender At the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, as I'm the chair of we are promoting Empowering women in the Muslim countries. We have communicated with some countries and there are many empowered women there UN women says that if women are involved in a peace negotiation This peace negotiation can be achieved much much more chance than those with men and Peace negotiation could be stay longer when deployment is by the women So this is a statistically correct if women will be used much more in the Peace talk in the Middle East. Why don't you leave this very important issue to the women in the Middle East for making better and long lasting peace Thank you, but your question is very tricky I mean if I say yes, this is will help then I will be asked by The fellow man and then if I say no it won't work then all the women are going to hate me So what I would like to start with is that we have all the respect for the role of women in the Middle East They have contributed throughout history in a very constructive manner and what they did To our region and to the countries has been Highly appreciated by by everyone and recognized by everyone We believe that Women participation should be in all the fields. It's not only on peace negotiation or on Specific area and they are participating in fact in the region if you see the participation of women Ten years ago and use you compare it to what's happening. What's going right now. There is a very Big shift in in their participation And this is not a new to the Middle East by the way the woman has been always Through the history participating hand-in-hand with with the men just For a few years or decades They've been more Behind the scenes and not on the on the front line for peace negotiations Trust me if the woman can achieve it Maybe one day the men will screw it up So let us put them hand-in-hand together and and negotiate for peace. I don't see an exclusive rule for one Man and woman. I'm seeing an exclusive rule for visionary visionary leaders to come and and Talk about new initiatives that bring people together. Thank you. Well, thank you very much I think we may have time for because lunch should continue for those who are lucky enough to eat So I will give the floor to Mona Macram a bed for from Egypt and the folk her purchase from Germany I think they're on the same table. No Mona Hello, mr. Minister, we're glad to see somebody from Qatar because we don't see them anymore in any country in our Region so it's glad I'm glad to hear what you have to say But it's exactly what we would like to see for regional Security is to have cooperation between the countries and not to have this division that we have Now it's not only in the Arab League, but it's also in the Gulf Cooperation Council and I think that Qatar could play quite a role in Trying to get what you call the big countries together Egypt is one of them in case you forgot So I'm trying to remind you that it is a country of a hundred million as a Population and I think that it is quite open today to have some sort of a reconciliation Because the division that was called with the quartet has only been detrimental to the whole region Thank you first of all Thank you for your kind welcoming Well look Qatar has been a strong believer in the cooperation and dialogue and Talking about the division and what's happening within the Gulf. It's It's really counterproductive not for Qatar only but for the entire region and we see that how it paralyzed the situation But Qatar never used the diplomacy of denial, which I just Mentioned here in my remarks and we remained open to engage and to talk with everyone within within the Gulf with Egypt and we have No problem with the other Arab countries. I have and I am as a country as a small country I am I have I will have a problem with the countries who are Initiated a hostility against my country who threatened in one day my existence. So And with all this with all what they have done, we have said that we are always open We are always welcoming any initiative that will lead for a unity again And unity doesn't mean that we should love each other. We should to live with each other That's what we are talking about Regarding Egypt Egypt is an important country in the region. We have reiterated on this several times. It is one of the leaders in the region. It has a Potential a huge potential in the leadership in the region because of its population because of its Resources and we hope one day that this leadership Will see the light with other Leading countries like Iraq also as a leader in the region Syria one day We hope that we can recover it from all this Happening and how it's been hijacked by by a war criminal until now and all these countries can lead the future of our region So in Qatar, we are open to everyone We are we want to see those big countries assuming their leadership's their leadership role and Moving the way forward for our region for a better future for the generations Well, thank you very much. It's already quite late. I see many many hands. So I will take only two I'm sorry. I cannot and so folk up at us and Joseph Mila Thank you very much folk apparatus from Germany deputy prime minister I appreciate it what you said about regional dialogue But let me in a way follow up on what Mona Makram a bait from Egypt asked you namely to speak about the regional role of Qatar itself a couple of years ago Qatar tried to be a leader in the region partly by sponsoring Diplomacy mediation and Darfur for example or in Lebanon, but also by quite aggressively Funding and supporting both political and aren't opposition in Syria and that didn't Succeed very well to say the least. How would you in retrospect? evaluate your own Role and your own attempt to change the situation in one of the countries of the region well first of all just to Correct some of your statement sir That Qatar is not trying to be a leader in the region in the last two years or Before the two years Qatar has been for two decades very active diplomatically in the region and resolving conflict We never punch up over our weight. We know our size We know we are a small country and we know that Qatar played a leadership role throughout the two decades We have helped in resolving conflicts with her in Sudan and Darfur there was a genocides over there People has been displaced Qatar was the one who brokered the agreement with her in helping and supporting in Lebanon and resolving the crisis with her between Djibouti and Eritrea and a lot more than this if we are talking about Qatar involvement in in the regional issues we care about our region We want stability for our region and we want a better future for the people of the region but when it comes to the choice between the people and Some leaders who are authoritarian or waging a war against their own population Definitely we will go we will go and we will stand with the people and I'm sorry sir When you mentioned that Qatar funded certain political group or certain armed groups in Syria or anywhere else This is totally misstatement by you on on Qatar because whatever we have done throughout the past years We were doing it through a collective mechanism that everybody is seeing what's happening and what's going on with our money Whether it's in Syria We were jointly together working with the United States with Saudi with Jordan with England with the France with everyone It was one joint operation room that takes the funding for the armed for the armed groups because it was an international Consensus to remove a war criminal from his place after he bombed his people with chemical weapon When you are calling about talking about other other other areas in the region For example Libya Libya we've been very much coherent with with the international resolutions with this with the Security Council resolutions And we didn't do anything out of this context We work hand-in-hand with the NATO forces in 2011 to help the people over there when When there was a dispute among them in 2015 they came they came up with an agreement and it's here We continue to support the legitimate government. There are a lot of other countries whom you didn't mention here who are Funding the different forces and different militias who undermined the legitimate government and now everybody is calling for To being strict with with the Security Council resolution and no one has talked about security council resolutions for the past five years Since the conflict restarted again again in Libya In in in other countries for example You can look at check and verify Qatar position the real position and not with all the respect what you read Maybe in some newspaper, which I don't know from where they've been propagated Go and check what's happening on the ground check with the governments And you can see that Qatar always supporting the will of the people and the legitimate governments While other countries are trying to undermine those legitimate governments and the will of the people So Qatar is not associated with any political party is not associated with a certain agenda in the region We want to see stability in the region Qatar is not a political party. Qatar is a state whether it's a small or big It doesn't matter. It's what matters really the effectiveness of the country and its role. Thank you Thank you very much for this detailed answer very precise and very last question Joseph. Myla. Thank you Thank you very much Jerry. Thank you very much Excellency for your comprehensive take. I have three quick questions very concise one The first will follow the question put more by Folker Perthes What is the role today of Qatar and trying to mediate? Within the Gulf crisis. I mean can we expect some day a mediation between Iran and the US in order to work for Dees escalation in the Gulf my second question is that two years ago You have opened a link a rapprochement between Qatar and the Russian and Russia What is it about today and my third one will be very much linked to the actuality? Two days ago Turkey has been on the move in the northern part of Syria What do you expect of that and how? Qatar is looking at this new move which we might add Violence to violence. Thank you very much for your answers Well Regarding regarding your question about what the situation in the Gulf Qatar of course we have very strong alliance with the United States and this partnership now has been for more than four decades and we have also Friendly relationship with Iran because also of Iran is part of our region and it's just across the border from us and Unfortunately when we've been Blockaded by our neighbors and we are not allowed to use the airspace Iran were the ones Who opened their airspace and ports for us despite our differences with them and disagreements on? on certain issues so for us we are in very Dangerous situation when the tension come between our strongest ally and our neighbor which now represent an Existential need for Qatar So we always have an open channel with both countries trying to de-escalate De-escalate and diffuse the tension. We never been asked by any of the countries To mediate between them, but both of the countries has been responsive positively with our cause for de-escalation And we hope one day that this rapprochement will happen and we can reach an agreement Agreement with you between us and Iran is important But more importantly I see an agreement between Iran and the region Regarding the second question our relation with Russia. We are we are small country We have strategic alliance with a lot of countries for example Japan for United States with Main countries in Europe like France and Germany We have a lot of investments and cooperation and we don't see anything that prevent us from having a relationship with With Russia and we are not planning to take anything out of this relationship Rather than a friendly relationship and mutual benefit for both countries So our our relation has been growing in a steady manner. We have built this Partnership and especially in the economic and the energy sector and both of us Qatar and Russia are large one of the largest some two of the largest Exporting country in gas and we have to have this sort of understanding Between both of us regarding in northern Syria and Turkey If we will look at what happened in the recent in the last two days with The intervention of Turkey in the northern Syria We see that the way that the way it happened because of the threat being represented for Turkey and I don't think that we have to blame now Turkey while we didn't We didn't try to help to help in solving the problem in the first place There have been a negotiation For almost one year and a half to eliminate the threat from the border and this negotiation didn't lead to anything so now Turkey is between between two options either they they stay in their place and they They wait for some of the terrorist groups who are threatening their Security to come and to be strengthened and to be right on their borders or To take an action which will not be liked Internationally what we can what we want to assure you that Qatar Remains has a firm position on the integrity of Syria. We don't accept Any division over there? We don't want to see a demographic change and we believe Turkey has proven that they are not Distractive role in Syria what they have done in the northern part of Syria earlier by helping the government and the temporary government over there has been already Proven for for everyone. So We we hope that what's happening now in the northern part will ensure the security of Turkey Which is an important country an important ally not for Qatar only but for all of the European countries but Also, it has a big participation from the Syrian opposition Which is the free army a free Syrian army, which will take take the place after that to police to police the area Thank you. Well, thank you very much sir. Mohamed. I think their Presentation intervention raised a lot of interest