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H.H. Sheikh Tamim gives an exclusive interview to French magazine Le Point
ILoveQatar.net, 14 September 2022
French magazine Le Point published on 14 September 2022 an exclusive interview they executed with His Highness Sheikh Tamim.
To find out all that was discussed, the transcript of the interview is as follows:
The State of Qatar is a small country that finds itself in the middle of many major issues, such as energy, diplomacy, investment, football... How do you assess the strength of the country and its global role?
We are a small country geographically, but every country, big or small, plays a role in current events around the world. We seek, through our foreign policy in the State of Qatar, to bring the divergent views closer, to help all parties that need assistance, and to play the role of mediator in the region and beyond. The world needs dialogue to solve its problems, and the best example of this is what we achieved recently in Afghanistan, when our American friends asked us for help in communicating with Afghans in order to reach a peaceful solution to the war, and this is what we did. Add to this the important role that the State of Qatar plays in the field of energy, as it is a credible supplier in this field, and we are proud of our commitment to the agreements we signed during the past decades, including agreements in the gas sector, as we supply a large number of countries with gas, from Argentina to Japan.
Qatar is booming today, but its history has been full of ups and downs. What lessons have you learned?
Education is an essential pillar, especially in a country with natural resources. We also learned from our history. Until the thirties of the last century, our country was a center for pearling and its trade, before Japan developed pearl cultivation.
