DOHA, November 9. /TASS/. Qatar's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Majed bin Mohammed al-Ansari has denied information about the closure of the Hamas political bureau office in Doha.

"The information about the Hamas office in Doha is not true," the diplomat said in a statement on his X page. He emphasized that the main purpose of locating the Hamas political bureau office in Doha was to maintain "a channel of communication between the parties concerned."

According to the spokesman, it was this channel of communication that ensured "the ceasefire in the previous stages."

Hamas' political office has been operating in Doha since 2012, when the movement's leadership was forced to leave its headquarters in Damascus due to the Syrian war. Qatar has provided political asylum to Hamas leaders, becoming a platform for the movement's representation abroad.