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The OSCE Ministerial Council granted Qatar Partner for Co-operation status. The decision was adopted through the silence procedure with the consent of the organization's 57 participating States.

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis and OSCE Secretary General Feridun Sinirlioğlu welcomed Qatar's accession to the partnership. Cassis stated that the new partnership would strengthen the organization's capacity for cooperation, while Sinirlioğlu emphasized that Qatar's mediation experience would contribute to dialogue processes.

Qatar's Ambassador to Vienna and Permanent Representative to international organizations, Jassim Yaqoub Al Hammadi, thanked the OSCE Chairpersonship and participating States for the confidence they had placed in his country. Al Hammadi stated that Qatar would work to develop an effective partnership.

Al Hammadi said Qatar would share its experience in the peaceful resolution of disputes and peacebuilding with OSCE participating States and Asian partners.

With this decision, Qatar joined Australia, Japan, South Korea, Thailand and Afghanistan in the OSCE's Asian Partners for Co-operation Group.