Qatari mediation to prevent renewed war: Trump prefers agreement and Tehran insists on its conditions
Qatar intensifies its diplomatic moves to contain tensions between Washington and Tehran, in an effort to prevent renewed war. Trump informed the Qatari Prime Minister of his desire to reach an agreement with Iran, while warning that he would change his position if Tehran does not deal seriously. Trump believes the war has effectively ended militarily.
Qatar is intensifying its diplomatic moves to contain tensions between Washington and Tehran, in an effort to prevent renewed war and bring both sides back to the negotiating table. The American website Axios reported, citing a informed diplomatic source, that US President Donald Trump informed the Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, during their meeting at the White House, of his desire to reach an agreement with Iran, stressing that he would give the negotiating track a chance, but warned that he would change his position if Tehran does not deal seriously with the negotiations. For his part, the Qatari Prime Minister announced that he had conducted talks he described as positive with Trump and his deputy JD Vance in Washington, covering regional developments and ways to make progress in US-Iranian negotiations. Following the meeting, Trump expressed his belief that the war with Iran has effectively ended militarily, ruling out the need for new US strikes at the present time, while affirming the readiness of US forces to act if circumstances require, and his expectation that the conflict will end soon. Reuters quoted Trump as saying that Qatar and Saudi Arabia prefer a settlement.