Qatar- Cabinet expresses regret over UNSC decision on Quds welcomes OIC communique

The cabinet has expressed the feelings of the Islamic people and set a road map to oppose the US President's decision regarding Al Quds. The cabinet expressed its regret for the UN Security Council's decision to not adopt the draft resolution submitted by the Arab group rejecting the US recognition of Al Quds as the capital of Israel.

During its regular meeting chaired by Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, the cabinet yesterday welcomed the final communique of the extraordinary summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which was held on December 13 in Istanbul, with the participation of the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

The cabinet regular meeting was held at its headquarters at the Emiri Diwan. After the meeting, the Minister of Justice and Acting Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Dr Hassan bin Lahdan Al Hassan Al Mohannadi said the cabinet praised the role of President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan in holding the Islamic summit and resulting in a unified Islamic position towards Al Quds.

The cabinet hoped that the international consensus opposing the US decision would result in restoring the full legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, starting with their right in establishing an independent state with Al Quds as its capital, based on the resolutions of international legitimacy and the Arab peace initiative. The cabinet called on a firm and urgent international action to stop and protect the Palestinian people from the brutal repression they are currently facing in the occupied territories because of their rejection against the US decision on Jerusalem.

The Cabinet also called on an action to stop the continuous violations of the Israeli occupations forces and the settlers to the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The cabinet then reviewed topics on its meeting's agenda. The cabinet reviewed and took the necessary measures regarding draft law on regulating non-Qatari capital investment in the economic activity and took the necessary measures regarding the report from the Minister of Development Planning and Statistics on the unified and comprehensive presentation on demographics.

The cabinet also approved the draft decision of the Minister of Municipality and Environment to endorse the international standard specifications as Qatari standard specifications. In addition to approval of the draft agreement to cooperate in the cultural field between the governments of the State of Qatar and the Republic of Armenia.

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