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Emir of Qatar, President of UAE Discuss Strengthening Fraternal Ties, Gulf Work 

This handout picture provided by the UAE Ministry of Presidential Affairs shows Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani (R) meeting with Emirati President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Doha, on December 5, 2022. (AFP/UAE Ministry of Presidential Affairs)
This handout picture provided by the UAE Ministry of Presidential Affairs shows Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani (R) meeting with Emirati President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Doha, on December 5, 2022. (AFP/UAE Ministry of Presidential Affairs)
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Emir of Qatar, President of UAE Discuss Strengthening Fraternal Ties, Gulf Work 

This handout picture provided by the UAE Ministry of Presidential Affairs shows Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani (R) meeting with Emirati President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Doha, on December 5, 2022. (AFP/UAE Ministry of Presidential Affairs)
This handout picture provided by the UAE Ministry of Presidential Affairs shows Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani (R) meeting with Emirati President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Doha, on December 5, 2022. (AFP/UAE Ministry of Presidential Affairs)

Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani received in Doha on Monday United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. 

Meeting at the Amiri Diwan, Sheikh Tamim congratulated Sheikh Mohamed on the 51st National Day of the UAE, hoping that this visit would contribute to the development of joint cooperation relations between the two brotherly countries, pushing it to a broader level. 

For his part, Sheikh Mohamed congratulated Qatar for its ongoing hosting of the FIFA World Cup 2022, and its exceptional success in organizing and hosting this landmark global event, reported Qatar's state news agency (QNA).

The leaders discussed the brotherly bilateral relations between their countries and ways to support and consolidate them in various fields, especially in strengthening cooperation for the good and interest of the two brotherly people and strengthening joint Gulf action.  

They reviewed regional and international developments and exchanged views on a number of current issues of common concern. 

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Mediator Qatar Says Israel ‘Did Not Abide’ by Gaza Truce Deal

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, meets with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, left, at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, meets with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, left, at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP)
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Mediator Qatar Says Israel ‘Did Not Abide’ by Gaza Truce Deal

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, meets with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, left, at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, meets with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, left, at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP)

Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani said Thursday that Israel had failed to respect January’s ceasefire agreement in Gaza, as he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

“As you know, we reached an agreement months ago, but unfortunately Israel did not abide by this agreement,” said the ruler of Qatar, a key mediator of the deal.

A truce in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, brokered by Qatar with Egypt and the United States, came into force on January 19, largely halting more than 15 months of fighting triggered by Palestinian fighters’ October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.

The initial phase of the truce ended in early March, with the two sides unable to agree on the next steps. Israel resumed air and ground attacks across the Gaza Strip on March 18 after earlier halting the entry of aid.

Israel said Wednesday that it had converted 30 percent of Gaza into a buffer zone in the widening offensive.

Sheikh Tamim said Qatar would “strive to bridge perspectives in order to reach an agreement that ends the suffering of the Palestinian people, especially in Gaza.”

Putin recognized Qatar’s “serious efforts to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict” and called deaths in the conflict “a tragedy.”

“A long-term settlement can only be achieved on the basis of the UN resolution and first of all connected to the establishment of two states,” he added.

Israel’s renewed assault has so far killed at least 1,691 people in Gaza, the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory reported, bringing the overall toll since the war erupted to 51,065, most of them civilians.

Hamas’s October 2023 attack on Israel resulted in the deaths of 1,218 people, also mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures.