Officers assessment efforts being made to cut back conflict escalation and create ‘acceptable circumstances’ for dialogue, Qatar Overseas Ministry says.
Qatar’s prime minister has held conferences within the Iranian capital, discussing key points together with the way forward for the Strait of Hormuz, amid worldwide hopes that dialogue between the US and Iran on ending the conflict will resume.
Iran’s Overseas Minister Abbas Araghchi and Qatar’s Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani on Thursday mentioned a proposed framework that features the creation of a short lived transport hall by the Strait of Hormuz, in addition to a doable “joint undertaking” to clear the strait of mines, the Qatari Ministry of Overseas Affairs mentioned in a press release. Iran says the mines had been laid through the conflict.
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The 2 officers additionally reviewed “the newest developments within the regional scenario … together with the efforts being made to cut back escalation and create acceptable circumstances for dialogue, contributing to the enhancement of regional safety and stability”, the assertion added.
Sheikh Mohammed, who’s each prime minister and overseas minister of Qatar, later met individually with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and parliament speaker and high negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.
Ghalibaf emphasised the necessity to de-escalate regional tensions, in keeping with Iran’s Tasnim information company. He and Sheikh Mohammed additionally exchanged views on the present developments within the area and efforts to create appropriate circumstances for resuming dialogue, the report added.
“Qatar believes that dialogue and diplomatic options stay the optimum path for addressing disputes and overcoming crises,” Sheikh Mohammed mentioned in a publish on X, including that his discussions in Tehran function “affirmation of our continued efforts to de-escalate tensions … whereas opening the door to peaceable options – together with underscoring the significance of respecting freedom of navigation within the Strait of Hormuz in accordance with worldwide regulation.”
Sheikh Mohammed additionally met with Iran’s safety chief, Mohsen Rezai.
Rezai advised him the “US should first take sensible steps to fulfil Iran’s circumstances after which Iran will proceed to open the Strait of Hormuz”, the Islamic Republic Information Company (IRNA) reported.
Rezai additionally reiterated earlier pledges by Tehran that if Washington “begins any evil”, Iran would “convey catastrophe to its navy and financial pursuits”.
Sheikh Mohammed’s visit follows every week of intense diplomacy in Iran involving separate conferences with Oman’s Overseas Minister Badr Albusaidi and senior Pakistani officers looking for methods to finish the US-Israel conflict on Iran and reopen the strategic waterway by which about 20 % of the world’s oil passes in peacetime.
Alongside mediator Pakistan, Qatar performed a key function in securing an April ceasefire and the June memorandum of understanding between Iran and the US, however these offers have since collapsed.
‘Realisation’ that there’s room for negotiation
Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid, reporting from Doha, mentioned that the assembly between Qatari and Iranian officers demonstrated that “there may be hope for a deal … [as] it seems that there’s now a realisation that there’s room for negotiation, mediation and to come back again to the desk”.
Al Jazeera’s Sinem Koseoglu, reporting from Tehran, mentioned that “whereas there may be positively diplomatic momentum right here in Tehran”, it was essential to stay cautious as “there is no such thing as a settlement but”, with Iranian officers for now solely assembly with mediators Pakistan and Qatar.
US President Donald Trump advised Al Jazeera on Wednesday that he was “not in a hurry” to renew negotiations with Iran to finish the conflict within the Center East.
Because the US and Israel launched the conflict on February 28, Iran has maintained tight management over the Strait of Hormuz, with Washington imposing a naval counter-blockade on Iranian ports.
Iran has for weeks been in talks with Oman to achieve the proposed framework and agreement.
Koseoglu mentioned the talks had been anticipated to proceed between Iran and Oman and with different Gulf nations.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Wednesday mentioned the 2 nations had agreed on every nation’s share of the waters and any revenues collected from managing the waterway.
Tehran has nonetheless insisted that the strait is not going to be reopened until Washington meets its calls for, together with lifting its naval blockade, unfreezing Iranian property overseas and eradicating oil sanctions.
Because the conflict broke out, Iranian forces have required vessels to acquire permission to transit the waterway and struck ships that did not comply.
Tehran has additionally sought to impose service charges on ships utilizing the strait – a transfer strongly opposed by Washington and regional nations.
