܀ ܪ .ܬ ; . DRD OF A DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE AMIR 01 QATAR, IH SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN HAMAD AT THANI, IN QATAR ON 25 APRIL 1981 AT 1000 HOURS Present: Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa The Hon. Douglas Hurd HE Mr. C.T. Brant Sir John Graham Shaikh Hamad, lleir apparent Shaikh Abdul Aziz, Minister of Finance and Petroleum Shaikh Ahmed bin Saif, Minister of State HE Sherida al Kaabi, Ambassador in London Sir Ronald Ellis Mr. M.O'D.B. Alexander * * * * * * s * After an exchange of courtesies, the Prime Minister suggested that the discussion should start with the general international situation before dealing with bilateral subjects. Shaikh Khalifa agreed. The Prime Minister said that she did not think any further progress would be made on the Palestinian issue until the United States Administration had formulated its ideas on the next steps to he taken. As Mr. Haig's tour had demonstrated they were now consulting widely in order to ensure that in due course they received as much co-operation as possible. The Americans would not decide on their new policy until after the Israeli elections. The Prime Minister said she was delighted that the Gulf States were beginning to work together for their own defence. She hoped that Gulf co-operation would develop further. She was deeply worried about the war between Iran and Iraq but did not see how the problem could be solved at present. Iran/Iraq Shaikh Khalifa said that the Iran/Iraq war was particularly worrying for the Gulf States. Sediation attempts by the Islamic Conference and by the Non Aligned Movement were in progress but there seemed little prospect of concrete results.. One source /of
