Doha, February 28 (QNA) - HE Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani received today telephone calls from HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Dr. Ayman Safadi, HRH Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah Al-Saud, HE Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Kuwait Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, HH Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, and HE Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain Dr. Abdul Latif bin Rashid Al Zayani.

The calls dealt with discussing developments of the military escalation in the region and its serious repercussions on regional and international security and stability, as well as ways to resolve all disputes by peaceful means.

During the calls, HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs stressed that targeting Qatari territory with Iranian ballistic missiles was a flagrant violation of its national sovereignty, and that it was inconsistent with the principles of good neighborliness, and could not be accepted under any justification or pretext. His Excellency pointed out in this regard that the State of Qatar has always been keen to distance itself from regional conflicts and has sought to facilitate dialogue between the Iranian side and the international community. However, the renewed targeting of its territory does not show good faith and threatens the understanding upon which bilateral relations between the two countries were built.

His Excellency expressed the State of Qatar’s strong condemnation of the Iranian attacks that targeted Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE and Bahrain, expressing in this regard Qatar’s full solidarity with them in all the measures they take to preserve their sovereignty, security and stability.

For their part, Their Excellencies the ministers expressed their countries’ condemnation of the Iranian missile attack on Qatari territory, considering it a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of the State of Qatar, its airspace, international law, and the Charter of the United Nations. (QNA)