Qatar chairs 27th meeting of GCC Information Ministers

Doha, Qatar: Their Excellencies Ministers of Information of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries held their 27th meeting in Doha on Thursday....

Doha, Qatar: Their Excellencies Ministers of Information of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries held their 27th meeting in Doha on Thursday.

Chairperson of Qatar Media Corporation HE Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer Al-Thani chaired the meeting which brought together Their Excellences Information Ministers in the GCC countries along with the GCC Assistant Secretary-General for Economic and Development Affairs HE Khalid bin Ali Al Sunaidi.

In his opening speech, HE Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer Al-Thani said that for over seven months, the tragic events and conditions experienced by the residents of the Gaza Strip have become the top priorities of media outlets and platforms. He added that although Israel directly and deliberately targets media workers to silence those who report the truth, double standards and bias prevailed the global media coverage of those events, to influence shaping global public opinion.

His Excellency underlined the importance of coordination between joint Gulf media efforts to work on publishing and broadcasting Palestinian content in various languages, to build international public opinion supportive of legitimate Palestinian issues and rights, which was emphasized by the 159th Ministerial Meeting of the GCC States, which was recently held in Riyadh.

His Excellency pointed out that the different challenges facing Gulf societies are imposed by the internal, regional or international environment, pointing that these challenges place on the those responsible for media, the burden of improving the performance and content of various media outlets to reflect the aspirations and interests of Gulf societies, keep pace with the rapid regional and international developments, and contribute to achieving greater integration and unity among the Gulf countries, in a way that translates the vision and directions of Their Majesties and Highnesses, the leaders of the GCC countries.