Qatar ruler meets with Biden, Trump Mideast envoys over Gaza truce: emir’s office

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Qatar’s ruler has met with the Middle East envoys for the incoming and outgoing US administrations, his office said in a statement, AFP reports.

Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani met with Steve Witkoff, US President-elect Donald Trump’s expected Middle East envoy, and Brett McGurk, the incumbent Joe Biden’s envoy for the region, the statement said.

It added they “reviewed developments in the Gaza Strip… as well as the latest developments in the ceasefire negotiations”.

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