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16-05-2025
DOHA/ DAMASCUS: President Trump was greeted with more pomp and ceremony as he arrived in Qatar on the second stop of his Middle East tour after departing Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.
The White House said that Trump and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani signed agreements that would “generate an economic exchange worth at least $1.2 trillion”.
The agreements are said to include a $96bn deal with Qatar Airways to buy up to 210 Boeing 787 Dreamliner and 777X aero-planes, and a statement of intent for $38bn in investments at Qatar’s Al Udeid Airbase and other air defence capabilities.
A meeting is scheduled for later today of US, Turkish and Syrian officials to discuss details of Trump’s announced dropping of sanctions against Syria.
Trump’s three-country tour of the Gulf state region will conclude in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday.
Qatari military jets escorted US President Donald Trump’s plane as he arrived in Doha on Wednesday, the second stop on his three-country tour of the Middle East.
Qatar hosts the largest US airbase in the region, and the country has become a key mediator in conflicts around the world. That mediation role appears to have been a major focus of talks between the US president and Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. (Int’l News Desk)
