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11/20/2021

READOUT: Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo’s Visit to Qatar | U.S. Department of the Treasury

READOUT: Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo’s
Visit to Qatar
November 19, 2021

DOHA — Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo traveled to Doha, Qatar on
November 18. He met with senior government and economic leaders including H.E. Sheikh
Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, H.E. Sheikh
Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign A airs,
H.E. Ali bin Ahmad Al Kuwari, Minister of Finance, and H.E. Mansour Ibrahim Al-Mahmoud, CEO
of the Qatar Investment Authority.
During the visit, the Deputy Secretary and Qatari counterparts discussed equitable growth,
recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the opportunities and challenges posed by virtual
assets, and our shared interest in meeting the humanitarian needs of the Afghan people. The
U.S. and Qatar a irmed their joint focus on collaborating to counter illicit finance. They also
discussed how the recently passed bipartisan infrastructure bill will unlock productive capacity
in the U.S. economy and support global growth

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