Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman: Tillerson meeting


Issue 1036 - 12 May 2017 | 1 minute read

Qatar’s foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani held talks with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on 8 May in Washington. Tillerson thanked Sheikh Mohammed for the ongoing security co-operation between the US and Qatar and for the emirate’s support for the global coalition to defeat ISIS. He specifically mentioned Qatar’s multi-billion dollar investment in funding the Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC). Based at Al-Udeid, CAOC provides command and control for air operations in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and 17 other countries.

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