Government of Qatar Announces Intention To Hold Fourth Round of Doha Summit

Qatar's Foreign Ministry announced that its representative to the United Nations, Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani, discussed holding the fourth round of the Doha summit, with UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo.

The Qatari Foreign Ministry did not mention when the meeting would be organised.

Qatar's Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday (October 30) that its representative met with the UN official in New York.

The Qatari Foreign Ministry said that during the meeting, they stressed on the need to use "positive developments" of the third Doha meeting during the fourth round of the meeting.

The third two-day Doha summit was held in the Qatari capital in July this year under the leadership of UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo.

Taliban representatives had participated in the third Doha meeting for the first time. Women, civil society, and political opponents of the Taliban were not present at the meeting. The absence of women and civil society members has been widely criticised by international organisations, human rights groups, Afghan women activists, and former officials.

Rosemary DiCarlo, who chaired the third Doha meeting, said that she was fully aware of the criticism of the third Doha meeting.

At the end of the third meeting in Doha, the UN Under Secretary-General emphasised that this process and interaction with the Taliban does not mean the normalisation of relations or the recognition of the Taliban. Rosemary DiCarlo said that it is the policy of the United Nations that people should be at the centre of decision-making and that women are part of the people.