Qatar pledges $50 million to support humanitarian response plan in Sudan
Doha, The Gulf Observer: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani announced that the State of Qatar pledged to provide $50 million to support efforts of humanitarian response plan in Sudan and the regional plan for refugees, stemming from Qatar’s fraternal responsibility, and moral and humanitarian duty towards brothers in Sudan and in continuation of its constant humanitarian and development efforts in the sisterly Sudan.
This came during the speech of the State of Qatar delivered by His Excellency via video conferencing on Monday during the high-level pledging conference to support the humanitarian response in Sudan and the region co-chaired by the State of Qatar along with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Federal Republic of Germany, the United Nations, represented by the Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the European Union, alongside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, with the participation of HH the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah Al-Saud, HE Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt Sameh Shoukry, HE Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany Annalena Baerbock, HE Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres, HE European Union Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic, HE Director of Health and Humanitarian Affairs at the African Union (AU) Commission Julio Rakotonirina, HE Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths, and HE the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, as well as representatives of the Republic of Sudan, governments of host countries of refugees, civil society and first responders.
HE the Prime Minister reaffirmed that Qatar will spare no effort in standing by the brotherly Sudanese people until they overcome this crisis, asserting that the consolidated and firm position of the State of Qatar is to support unity, independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the sisterly Sudan and reject any forms of meddling in Sudan’s internal affairs and full respect of its people’s options in freedom, peace, justice and prosperity.
