Baku: HE Minister of Municipality Abdullah bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Attiyah held Monday a series of bilateral meetings with a number of ministers participating in the World Urban Forum, currently underway in Baku, Azerbaijan.

According to Qatar News Agency, His Excellency met, separately, with HE Minister of Public Works, Reconstruction and Housing of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Ayub Ismail Yusuf; HE Minister of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Kamaladdin Heydarov; HE Secretary of State for Housing at the Ministry of National Planning, Urban Development, Housing and Urban Policy of the Kingdom of Morocco, Adib bin Ibrahim; and HE Minister of Local Governance of the Palestinian Authority, Dr. Eng. Sami Hijjawi.

Discussion during the meetings, dealt with prospects for cooperation between the State of Qatar and each of Somalia, Azerbaijan, Morocco, and Palestine, in addition to a host of topics of mutual interest, primarily in the areas of urban development, housing, and municipal services.