The emir of Qatar defends that his visit to Spain will strengthen the relationship

The emir of Taste Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani He stressed on Tuesday that his country and Spain “have a lot in common” and he was convinced that his state visit will strengthen the bilateral relationship between the two countries.

This has been pronounced in a brief joint session of the Spanish Courts held in the Senate and during which the president of the Lower House, Ander Gil, and that of the Upper House, Meritxell Batet, have imposed the medals of honor from both chambers.

The Qatari sovereign thanked this gesture and the welcome received and stressed that Qatar and Spain have “historical relations” that this year celebrate their 50th anniversary.

“This visit comes to strengthen these relationships in all areasboth at an institutional, governmental, parliamentary but also popular level”, he maintained during the act held in the old Senate Sessions Room.

“We yearn for friendly relations between Qatar and Spain, two countries that have a lot in common, especially many values ​​in common”, he added, in which a priori they will be his only public words during his stay, in which he plans to meet with King Felipe VI and also with the president of the Government, Pedro Sanchez.

bilateral relations

For his part, Ander Gil stressed that in the half century that has elapsed “bilateral relations and cooperation have not ceased to strengthen”first after the arrival of democracy in Spain and then with the opening of two embassies between 2003 and 2004.

“We have both grown and improved over these decades.“, has defended the president of the Senate, who has also pointed out that the two countries have “experienced significant modernization processes” and now both are immersed in new plans in this regard, in the case of the Gulf country with the Qatar 2030 initiative and in the case of Spain with the 2030 Plan.

Both countries “we think of a future of well-being, sustainability and happiness for our citizens”Gil asserted, but for this “we have to delve into the economic and social transformations that we have already promoted and think in terms of modernization, commercial and cultural cooperation and the diversification of our markets”.

“We trust in a greater strengthening of relations”, He finished, trusting that in those aspects in which the two countries cooperate they will do so “from trust and mutual respect”.

Key of Madrid

The emir received this Tuesday the Golden key of the city of Madrid from the hands of its mayorJosé Luis Martínez-Almeida, whom he thanked for this distinction, which he described as “one more example of the deep and solid relations” between the two countries.

“Thank you very much for this generous welcome, Your Excellency Mayor. I am very happy to be here at our meeting between Doha and Madrid within the framework of collaboration between capitals”has moved when picking up the Key.

The delivery of this distinction has taken place in the old Plenary Hall of the Plaza de la Villa. Until then, the President of the Plenary, Borja Fanjul; the PP spokeswoman, Andrea Levy; the delegate of International Relations, Santiago Saura; the socialist spokeswoman, Mar Espinar, and the councilors Pilar Sánchez (Más Madrid) and Pedro Fernández, from Vox. The mayors of Recupera Madrid have not attended alleging that Qatar is a country “that violates Human Rights”.

Martínez-Almeida praised “the example that the history of his country offers to the world” because “since the 70s of the last century, the peninsula where his emirate stands has undergone an exceptional transformation, an unparalleled success story”. “Where before the silent and clean sands of the Arabian desert reigned, today stands the astonishing Doha, attracting admiring gazes from all over the world with its futuristic skyscrapers”, has highlighted.

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In the same way, he highlighted “the enviable natural resources that his country has; but it has been vision and determination, not chance, that have made his nation one of the richest on the planet today.” Almeida has pointed out that the Emir’s visit to Spain “One of its main objectives is to present the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup in Spain, the first to take place in the Middle East and the first to be held in winter.” “Spain knows how important the organization of sporting events of this level is for the economic configuration of a nation and how they contribute decisively to its international projection”, he explained.

“Madrid is currently World Capital of Sport 2022 and in this city we fully understand the ambition to host the main international sporting events”, he pointed out.