Iran’s Foreign Minister arrives in Riyadh for Arab Summit — a first?

The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting News Network is reporting that the Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has now arrived in Riyadh for the Arab Summit. He was apparently invited only on Sunday.
“Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, heading a political delegation, arrived in Riyadh early Wednesday to attend the 19th Arab League summit in the [...]

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Qatar’s Peacekeepers arrive in Lebanon - while Lebanese leave

A full contingent of 184 Qatari troops is now deployed with the UN Peacekeeping force in Lebanon, UNIFIL.
As the UNIFIL press release says, the Qatari forces will be “assisting the Lebanese Army in securing stability in southern Lebanon as part of Security Council resolution 1701″.
With the arrival of the Qataris, UNIFIL now has a force [...]

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Troops from Qatar set to join UNIFIL in Lebanon

The UN Spokesman told journalists on Wednesday that “The UN Interim Force for Lebanon says that an advance party for an infantry unit from Qatar has joined the Force ahead of a full deployment of Qatari peacekeepers. “

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Qatar, holding presidency of UN Security Council in December, will hold high-level meeting on “sustainable peace” in the Middle East on 12 December

Qatar’s Ambassador Nassir Abdelaziz al-Nasser, who is President of the United Nations Security Council in December, announced that a special ministerial-level Security Council meeting will be held at UNHQ in NY on 12 December.  The meeting, he said, would be chaired by Qatar’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim [...]

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