Qatar-NATO ties have seen 20 years of cooperation across multiple domains

Doha: Special Representative of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) for the Southern Neighbourhood, Javier Colomina (pictured), emphasised t...

Doha: Special Representative of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) for the Southern Neighbourhood, Javier Colomina (pictured), emphasised that the relationship with Qatar is robust and has been characterised by joint cooperation across multiple domains for the past 20 years.

In special remarks to Qatar News Agency (QNA) on the margins of the two-day Doha Forum 2024, Colomina added that NATO and the State of Qatar share solid ties, which have been strengthened over 20 years of cooperation, underlining that Qatar is a member of NATO’s framework for cooperation with the Gulf and Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI), which was launched in 2004.

There is an exceptionally good bilateral cooperation with the State of Qatar at the level of political dialogue and practical cooperation, extending from maritime security to interoperability in a variety of fields that concern Qatar and NATO, Colomina underlined.

Colomina affirmed that since his appointment to this position following the Washington Summit last July, he has been increasing cooperation and augmenting the partnership with Qatar, highlighting that this was his first time to attend the Doha Forum as the new NATO Special Representative. He pledged to return to Qatar because he is so impressed by the levels of participation and symposia held at the forum, adding that he participated in a roundtable and held many bilateral meetings.

In addition, Colomina pointed out that the forum reflects the fact that Qatar delves deep into global issues with its capability of gathering influential personalities in Doha, adding that he came here in attempt to outline the connotation of the Southern Neighbourhood operation that aims to make a change in the relationship with southern partners, whether in the Mediterranean, or more specifically, in the Gulf.