Thai hostages may be the first released by Hamas – Qatar PM

[webfact]

 

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.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2023-11-01

 

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[sirineou]

That would be fantastic.!!

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Qatar and Iran have promised to help secure the release of 22 Thai hostages being held by Hamas,

Iran helped plan and finance the invasion so it seems only fitting they help negotiate the release of innocent hostages.

[ChipButty]

If they do get released they will be going nowhere until the Mossad has de briefed them some valuable information to be had

[cncltd1973]

least valued = first to go

[Morch]

11 minutes ago, cncltd1973 said:

least valued = first to go

 

Sometimes it's good to be poo noi.

[mikebell]

22 hours ago, webfact said:

Thai people are not participants in the Israeli-Palestine conflict.

Nor are most Gazans.

[Morch]

4 minutes ago, mikebell said:

Nor are most Gazans.

 

The Israeli-Palestine conflict.

Gazans are Palestinians.

Thais are neither.

 

If your point was about combatants, sure.

But this would hold for Israelis as well.

Same for pretty much any conflict.