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Qatar says it mediated for release of 45 Fijian peacekeepers

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12-09-2014 | 06:04

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Qatar says it mediated for release of 45 Fijian peacekeepers

The Qatari government said it helped to release 45 Fijian peacekeepers kidnapped by Al-Qaeda linked Syrian rebel groups in the occupied Golan Heights in August.

"The efforts of the State of Qatar led to the successful release of the Fijian soldiers ... who had been held for two weeks," the Qatari authorities said in a statement late Thursday.

The United Nations declared the same day the release of the 45 peacekeepers, part of the UN Disengagement Observer Force which monitors a 1974 cease-fire agreement between Israel and Syria in the region.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed their release, with a spokesman saying he appreciated "the efforts of all concerned to secure their safe release."

In its statement, the Qatari foreign ministry said its "mediation was conducted at the request of the government of Fiji." The Fijian peacekeepers were handed over to their Filipino counterparts at the Qunaitra crossing between the Syrian and the Israeli-controlled sides of the Golan, it said.

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