‘Countries working together to diffuse regional tension’

Doha, Qatar: Advisor to the Prime Minister and Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Majed Mohammed Al Ansari has said that all regiona...

Doha, Qatar: Advisor to the Prime Minister and Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Majed Mohammed Al-Ansari has said that all regional countries are working together through intensive communication to diffuse tension in the region and bring the US and Iran on negotiations table.

“Regarding the media reports about the meeting (between the US and Iran) in Turkiye, I can tell you that there have been talks with all parties to bring the countires back to the negotiation table. I cannot get into the details of that, but this is something that we all have been working on together,” Al Ansari said in a weekly media briefing yesterday.

“We are working all (regional countries) together in terms of making sure that we de-escalate and we protect our region and make sure that there are no more escalations in our region. Qatar has always said from day one that the only place where all of these disagreements will be solved is at the negotiation table. And prolonging in reaching an agreement and delaying getting to the negotiation table will only mean more hardship for the people of the region.”

He added that Qatar has been working very closely with its partners on all the conflicts in the region, to make sure that “we move them towards the negotiations rather than fighting in the field.” 

Regarding recent visit of the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs to Iran, Al Ansari said, “The visit to Tehran was part of ongoing and continuous contacts at the highest levels between His Highness the Amir and the Iranian President, as well as the visit carried out by H E the Prime Minister and other contacts from various Qatari officials with the parties concerned to ensure de-escalation in the region.”