AI Brief
- Qatar confirmed ongoing negotiations and message exchanges among parties to the regional conflict, facilitated through Qatar and its regional partners.
- Qatari officials stated that details of the diplomatic exchanges remain confidential, but efforts are focused on achieving a negotiable solution.
- Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim met Iran's Interior Minister in Doha to discuss regional developments and efforts to de-escalate tensions.
QATAR said Tuesday that negotiations and exchanges of messages among parties to the regional conflict are continuing through the country and its regional partners.
Ibrahim bin Sultan Al-Hashmi, director of the media and communications department at Qatar's Foreign Ministry, said at a weekly media briefing that Qatar could not disclose details of the ongoing diplomatic exchanges but confirmed that talks were continuing.
The scale of this conflict and the magnitude of the price that the whole world is paying require Qatar to put its best efforts to end this immediately through a negotiable solution on the negotiation table, Al-Hashmi said.
He added that negotiations had taken into consideration the concerns of the various parties, without specifying details.
On the same day, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met visiting Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni and discussed the latest regional developments and efforts to de-escalate tensions.
Sheikh Tamim met Momeni and his delegation at the Amiri Diwan, the emir's administration office, in Doha, according to a statement from the Amiri Diwan.
Conflict between the United States and Iran has dragged on for more than seven months, with no breakthrough in sight.
