Qatar has asked the Arab nations in the Gulf to enter into a dialogue with Iran, saying it is the right time for Doha to negotiate negotiations, now the neighbors have begun to resolve their own differences.
Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, who has long called for a summit between the leaders of the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council and the Islamic Republic, said his government “hopes this will be done. it will happen and we still believe that this should happen ”.
“This is also a wish shared by others The GCC countries, ”he said Bloomberg TV in an interview.
The comments come days before Joe Biden moves into the White House with a promise to relaunch the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers and return to the “maximum pressure” campaign that won the support of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates Unite. He has already appointed a number of diplomats who helped conclude the initial agreement policy posts.
Qatar recently remedied a rift with Arab neighbors in the Gulf, which had been thrown out for more than three years and focused on allegations of funding militant groups and undermining attempts to isolate Iran, which fears regional influence and nuclear ambitions.
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The key A US ally in the world’s largest oil-exporting region, Qatar denies supporting terrorism and has maintained cordial ties with the Islamic Republic, with which it shares a major gas field in the Persian Gulf.
This puts one of the world’s largest gas exporters in a position to play a broker, as the change in the White House leads to wider regional realignments and a change in confrontation.
Sheikh Mohammed said his government had offered to do just that and was already supporting ongoing talks between Iran and South Korea to secure the release of an oil tanker confiscated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard earlier this month.
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“Qatar will facilitate negotiations if requested by stakeholders and will support anyone elected to do so,” he said. “We want to achieve, we want to see how the business goes,” he said of possible talks between the United States and Iran. “Wherever they are, whoever is leading this negotiation, we will support them.”
Even though Qatar offers itself as a regional mediator, Sheikh Mohammed said there is still a way to resolve the dispute with the UAE.
Asked about Doha’s position on Islamist political movements, which Abu Dhabi sees a threat to stability, said it is important to try to end the differences, but “we will support whatever the people want and whatever the people want for their countries. If they seek justice using peaceful ways to express what they believe is right, Qatar will continue to support the people.
However, the minister said that he and his counterparts in the UAE have been in direct communication and are working to address the outstanding issues. “Here in Qatar, we look forward to it,” he said. “We must not be hostages of the past.”
– With the assistance of Abbas Al Lawati and Zainab Fattah
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