Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al-Thani received, Wednesday, a phone call from his American counterpart Mike Pompeo, and reviewed bilateral relations and regional issues.
According to the Qatar News Agency, during the phone conversation, bilateral cooperation relations and regional issues were reviewed, in addition to a number of issues of common concern.
This comes about ten days after a meeting in Doha that brought together Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman - who is also the Deputy Prime Minister of Qatar - and the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hill, and they discussed, according to a statement by the US State Department, "Iran's destabilizing activities in the region, The political transition in Sudan, the historical opportunity it provides, and the conflict in Libya and Syria. "
The statement added that Hill reviewed with the Qatari officials Afghan peace efforts and the unrest in Iraq and Lebanon, and stressed that Gulf cohesion is an essential element in regional stability.
On November 12, Pompeo received his Qatari counterpart in Washington, and discussed the importance of a unified Gulf Cooperation Council to address instability in the region, in addition to bilateral and regional issues, according to a US State Department statement.