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Pelosi Remarks Before Meeting With the Prime Minister of Qatar
January 5, 2010Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a brief press availability with His Excellency Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani of the State of Qatar prior to their meeting this morning in the Capitol. Below are their remarks: Speaker Pelosi. Good morning. It is a great honor for me to welcome the Prime Minister of Qatar, His Excellency Sheikh Hamad to the Capitol to visit with him once again. I had the privilege of meeting with him in Qatar on one of my visits there. The United States and Qatar have an important relationship. When it comes to our most important issue -- the security of our people -- working together to fight terrorism and to make the globe a safer place is a common agenda that we have, and I look forward to our discussion today in furtherance of that security, especially in light of the Christmas Day incident. Our relationship goes beyond that; while continuing on that, I am grateful to the government of Qatar for the hospitality it extends to our troops there. I had the occasion to visit our troops, to see the hospitality extended, and again to express the appreciation of the American people for that hospitality. And then there is the question of climate change, in which the government of Qatar is in the lead on climate change, and I look forward to hearing from the Prime Minister on further issues relating to this important challenge that we all have in light of what happened in Copenhagen. Full release.