Qatar has made itself into the diplomatic capital of the world. Dotted across Doha are the many palaces and offices that have hosted, over recent years, negotiations about the many intractable diplomatic issues that have taken place the world over. The power Qatar has come to wield has taken many observers by surprise. As a traditional Muslim monarchy in the Middle East, Qatar is a new kind of location for the sort of high-stakes geopolitical deal-making transacted until recently in Geneva and Oslo. Yet since October, the nation’s massive investment in becoming the world’s go-between has come into its own. Having long cultivated close relations with both the US and Hamas, Qatar became the locus of ceasefire negotiations in major local conflicts, as well as discussions over aid and evacuating the wounded. Its mediation has grown from a strategy to enhance its own safety into a role that underpins the entire world’s security.
Nesrine Malik. The go-between: how Qatar became the global capital of diplomacy. In: The Guardian. Internet: <www.theguardian.com> (adapted).
About the preceding text, judge the following items.
Qatar became the diplomatic capital of the world due to its Muslim tradition and its geographical position.
It can be correctly inferred from the text that the surprise mentioned in the second paragraph can be explained by people having some preconceived notion of the role played by Middle Eastern countries in the international arena.
In the last sentence of the text, stating tha t Qatar has a "role that underpins the entire world’s security" should be understood as affirming that the safety of all humanity is significantly affected by decisions mediated by Qatar in the Middle East.
With "has come into its own" (third sentence of the second paragraph), the author means that Qatar is struggling to keep its role as a diplomatic broker after becoming a major investor in the resolution of conflicts.
It is correct to infer from the text that European diplomacy, represented in the text by reference to "Geneva and Oslo" (second sentence of the second paragraph), is not paying much attention to conflicts " that have taken place the world over".
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