On August 24, 2016 Qatar's state news agency "QNA" reported that HH the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin Tamim Al Thani as well as HE the Deputy Emir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani and HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister of Qatar, Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Thani have sent congratulatory cables to the President of Ukraine HE Mr. Petro Poroshenko on the occasion of the Independence Day of Ukraine.