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Qatar engaging with Trump administration on Gaza, hopes for ceasefire deal before inauguration, Qatar FM says

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Qatar is engaging with the incoming Trump administration on Gaza after sensing a new momentum with the administration on ceasefire talks, Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said on Saturday.

The Rimal neighborhood in Gaza © Mena Today 

The Rimal neighborhood in Gaza © Mena Today 

Qatar is engaging with the incoming Trump administration on Gaza after sensing a new momentum with the administration on ceasefire talks, Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said on Saturday.

Al Thani said during the Doha Forum that his country has seen encouragement from the Trump administration to reach a ceasefire in Gaza before Trump's inauguration in January.

Reporting by Samia Nakhoul and Andrew Mills

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