Qatar and Iran have promised to help secure the release of 22 Thai hostages being held by Hamas, with the possibility that they will be the first foreign hostages to be released, according to a Facebook post by Thailand’s Foreign Ministry.
Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara separately met with Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdullahian in Doha on Tuesday.
Parnpree is visiting Qatar and Egypt to seek help from the two governments in negotiating the release of Thai nationals held by Hamas. He is scheduled to meet his Egyptian counterpart in Cairo today.
According to the Thai Foreign Ministry, the Qatari prime minister has promised full cooperation, noting that Thai people are not participants in the Israeli-Palestine conflict.
He did, however, admit that the ongoing fighting in…
