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Qatari PM: Hostage deal possible soon, but talks ‘not really very promising’ right now
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Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, prime minister and minister of foreign affairs of the state of Qatar, attends the Annual Meeting of World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. (AP/Markus Schreiber)
Talks between Israel and Hamas to agree to a hostage deal and accompanying truce in Gaza has been “not really very promising” in recent days, says the prime minister of Qatar, a key mediator for the negotiations.
“I believe that we can see a deal happening very soon. Yet the pattern in the last few days is not really very promising,” Qatar’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani says at the Munich Security Conference.
“We will always remain optimistic, we will always remain pushing,” he adds, speaking in English.
“The time is not in our favor.”
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