According to the statement from Qatari diplomacy, this initiative will adversely affect regional and global cooperation, as well as ongoing negotiations on energy security and poverty.
As part of the periodic visits between the two parties, the meeting will discuss prospects for cooperation in combating organized crime across maritime borders, as well as all types of infiltration and smuggling operations, as well as collaborations in search and rescue, offshore fishing regulation, particularly overfishing, and protecting the environment, so that both countries will benefit.