During its first visit day in Qatar, the members of the EU – Qatar Parliamentary Friendship Group, Ramona Manescu (chair) EPP – Romania, Claudia Tapardel S&D – Romania, Gabriela Zoana S&D – Romania, Cristian Preda EPP – Romania, Filiz Hyusmenova ALDE – Bulgaria, Nedzhmi Ali ALDE – Bulgaria, Miroslav Mikolasik EPP – Slovakia, met with…
Tomorrow starts the 2018 visit to Qatar, organized by the EU-Qatar Parliamentary Friendship Group at the invitation of Qatar’s Embassy in Brussels. The delegation, chaired by Mrs. Ramona Manescu, EPP MEP, will have a very rich agenda in all three days visit. The meetings will focus on political, cultural and economic relations between EU and…
Media report on Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir position regarding Qatar and the Gulf crisis:
As a direct follow up of their visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the State of Kuwait and the Islamic Republic of Iran on 11-15 February, Foreign Affairs MEPs debated the crisis in the Gulf region with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Adel Al-Jubeir, on Thursday morning. “Saudi…
Address by H.E. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Qatar at the 37th Regular Session of United Nations Human Rights Council.
His Excellency Abdulrahman Bin Mohammed Al-Khulaifi, Head of Qatari Mission to EU and NATO, was present on 28th of November in the European Parliament as guest speaker at the debate: “THE GLOBAL TERRORISM INDEX 2017 – WHERE TO?” Below is His Excellency’s speech at the event organized by Mrs. Ramona Manescu, MEP EPP and Mr….
For the second consecutive year, deaths from terrorism have decreased according to the 2017 Global Terrorism Index (GTI). There was a 22% decrease, compared to the peak of terror activity in 2014. Unfortunately, European countries and other developed nations continued to record a negative trend. Excluding the September 11 attacks, 2016 was the deadliest year…
The next meeting of the EU – Qatar Friendship Group will take place on Wednesday, 28 September 2016, from 12.30h. Meeting’s draft agenda proposes the following topics of discussion: 1. Welcome remarks by: Mrs Ramona Manescu, Chair of the EU-Qatar Friendship Group His Excellency the Ambassador of the State of Qatar, Ali Bin Jassim Al-Thani…
DRAFT AGENDA Meeting Monday, 5 September 2016, from 17.30 to 18.30 Brussels Room ASP 5E2 1. Adoption of the draft agenda (PE 580.942) 2. Approval of minutes of the meeting of 23 June 2016 (PE 580.935) 3. Chair’s announcements 4. Exchange of views with Mr David Nichols, Amnesty International, on the current human rights situation…
The meeting of the EU – Qatar Parliamentary Friendship Group was occasioned by the visit to Brussels of a group of diplomats from Qatar. Qatari diplomats were part of a training course on Mechanisms of the European Union’s Institutions and Bodies’ organized by Qatar’s Mission to the European Union. The training session included lectures, workshops…