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Qatar PM says hostage, truce talks at a ‘stalemate,’ suffered setback over Rafah
Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani gives a press conference with his Turkish counterpart in Doha on April 17, 2024. (Karim Jaafar/AFP)
The IDF’s military operation in Rafah has “set us backward” in negotiations with Hamas, mediator Qatar says, adding that talks are at “almost a stalemate.”
“Unfortunately things didn’t move in the right direction and right now we are on a status of almost a stalemate. Of course, what happened with Rafah has set us backward,” Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani tells the Qatar Economic Forum.
Al-Thani says that Qatar is and will continue to pursue negotiations, and that while doing so, Hamas’s office in Doha will remain open. He also points out that Hamas and Israel have a “fundamental difference” on their approach to the talks and the continuation of the war.
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