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appreciation Qatar’s arrangement of special air ambulances for his late mother and former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia’s emergency medical travel to London last year, the statement added.

During the meeting, Kobir praised Qatar’s constructive role in regional peace, dialogue, and humanitarian diplomacy. Both sides discussed ways to deepen bilateral cooperation in areas of mutual interest.

The adviser also met Qatar’s Minister of Labour Ali bin Saeed bin Samikh Al Marri, conveying condolences on behalf of the prime minister following the recent military helicopter crash that claimed the life of the minister’s relative.

Kobir later visited the Bangladesh embassy in Doha, reviewing welfare issues concerning expatriates and bilateral cooperation matters.

He is scheduled to visit several other Gulf states in the coming days.

The conflict in the Middle East that erupted on February 28 with US‑Israeli strikes on Iran has quickly spread across the region, sending global energy markets into turmoil.

Qatar’s economy has been among the hardest hit, facing retaliatory missile and drone attacks by Iran on US assets and energy facilities.

Earlier this month, an attack on Qatar’s Ras Laffan liquefied natural gas hub knocked out 17 percent of the country’s LNG export capacity, equivalent to 3–4 percent of global supplies, causing an estimated annual revenue loss of $20 billion, projected to persist for three to five years.

With fuel supplies from Gulf countries disrupted and the Strait of Hormuz, the key route for one‑fifth of the world’s crude oil, under blockade, Bangladesh too is grappling with a mounting fuel crisis.