Minister of Communications and Information Technology H E Mohammed bin Ali Al-Mannai and Minister of Communications of the Republic of Iraq H E Mustafa Jabbar Sanad Al-Maryani during the meeting.
Doha: Minister of Communications and Information Technology H E Mohammed bin Ali Al-Mannai held a series of meetings with ministers, officials and representatives of participating international delegations on the sidelines of the International Telecommunication Union Plenipotentiary Conference (ITU- PP26).
The meetings, held on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, focused on advancing bilateral and regional cooperation in the areas of digital transformation, telecommunications infrastructure development and the exchange of expertise in regulatory policies.
The Minister met with officials including Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations of the Republic of Ghana H E Samuel Nartey George; Minister of Posts and Telecommunications of the Democratic Republic of Congo H E José Mpanda Kabangu; Minister of ICT and Innovation of the Republic of Rwanda H E Paula Ingabire; Minister of Information and Communications Technology of the Islamic Republic of Iran H E Seyed Sattar Hashemi; Acting Secretary-General of the Office of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) of the Kingdom of Thailand Trairat Viriyasirikul; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the United Kingdom Uma Kumaran; Minister of Communications of the Republic of Iraq H E Mustafa Jabbar Sanad Al-Maryani; Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communications and the Digital Economy of the Republic of Kenya H E William Kabogo Gitau; Minister of Post and Telecommunications of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
H E Sid Ali Zerrouki; and State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation of the Federal Republic of Germany H E Dr. Markus Richter.
These bilateral meetings lay the groundwork for broader international cooperation in communications and information technology, supporting joint efforts to keep pace with technological advances and accelerate digital development.
