The State of Qatar, a close US ally, announced Monday it would donate $100 million to relief efforts for the US victims of Hurricane Katrina.
The aid was granted by the Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, “in the name of the government and the Qatari people,” QNA reported.
Quoting a foreign ministry spokesman, it said: “Qatar expresses its sympathy and its solidarity to the US people and government in these painful circumstances and sends its condolences to the families of the victims.”
