Qatar says Gaza truce talks not progressing as expected

The Prime Minister of Qatar, Mohamed bin Abderrahman Al Thaniguaranteed this Saturday in Munich that negotiations to reach a truce agreement in Gaza strip in between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic group Hamas “they are not progressing as expected” and that the last few days “are not very promising”.

“We have made good progress in recent weeks in negotiations and We have tested reach an agreement between the two parties. But in the last few days there has been no progress as expected.”said the also head of diplomacy of Qatarmain mediator of the conflict.

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“The pattern of the last few days is not very promising”observed at the German city conference session titled: “Towards stability and peace in the East Half”.

“Time is not on our side”noted during the session, in which he indicated that “there are still differences” in the negotiations, which are carried out with the mediators. Egypt It is state Joinedthe latter being the main channel of communication with Israel.

“There are always two elements to the agreement. One is the humanitarian condition and the other reflects the number of people who will be released in exchange for the hostages. “I believe in this agreement (…) but we still see difficulties in the humanitarian part of these negotiations”, he stated.

He noted that they are “pressing”to reduce the number of prisoners that would be released and that Hamas would ask for in exchange for the hostages it has held captive in Gaza since October 7, when the attack on Israeli territory took place that caused the death of around 1,200 people.

Since then, Israel has launched a sea, land and ground offensive against the besieged Palestinian enclave in which more than 28,000 people have been killed.

Likewise, Al Thani He was optimistic that a deal could be reached “very soon”.

Asked about the main differences of the agreement, he assured that he could not elaborate further, although he indicated that they could “overcoming the obstacle of numbers” of prisoners.

Al Thani is one of the mediators who traveled to Cairo meet with the heads of MossadO INC.and Egyptian Intelligence to try to advance negotiations for a truce and draw up a roadmap for the post-war period.

Source: Elcomercio

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