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Pelosi leads congressional delegation to Qatar
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is leading a bipartisan delegation of five women to Qatar to discuss global security issues and celebrate Mother's Day with U.S. troops, her office announced Friday.
The delegation met Friday with Foreign Affairs Minister Khalid al-Attiya and discussed “U.S-Qatar relations and security issues in the Middle East, Asia and Africa,” Pelosi's office said in a statement. Qatar is home to the Al Uleid Air Base and other facilities that serve as hubs for U.S. Central Command and has offered to host an office for the Taliban to hold reconciliation talks with the Afghan government.
Traveling with Pelosi are Reps. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio), Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Terri Sewell (D-Ala.).
The full text of the statement is below:
Pelosi Leads Congressional Delegation to QatarDoha, Qatar – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement upon the arrival of a bipartisan Congressional Delegation to Doha today:
“This evening our delegation met with His Excellency Dr. Khalid al-Attiya, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, to discuss U.S.-Qatar relations and security issues in the Middle East, Asia and Africa.
“We also thanked His Excellency for Qatar’s hospitality in hosting the U.S. military at Al Udeid Air Base and other facilities, which serve as logistics, command and basing hubs for U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) areas of operations, including Afghanistan.
“We are always honored to meet with our brave men and women in uniform on official trips abroad. I am pleased this year to once again visit on Mother’s Day weekend and look forward to expressing our deep gratitude to the many mothers serving in our U.S. Armed Forces as continue this delegation visit.”
In addition to Leader Pelosi, the Members of the Delegation are:
• Congresswoman Jean Schmidt (R-OH)
• Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA)
• Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)
• Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-AL)
