Turkey's Fidan to visit Qatar for talks
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will pay an official visit to Qatar on Sunday, according to Turkish Foreign Ministry sources.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will pay an official visit to Qatar on Sunday, according to Turkish Foreign Ministry sources.
Hostilities between the US and Iran escalated further on Sunday night with a third mutual missile strike, as the US military reported hitting 140 Iranian targets and three Gulf nations said they had repelled missiles and drones from Iran.
Qatari negotiators are in Iran, where they are holding meetings with Iranian officials aimed at easing tensions between Tehran and Washington, Reuters reported, citing a source.
Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Iranian Deputy Ambassador Mohsen Mohammad Qanei to hand him a note of protest in connection with the latest attack on Qatar’s Al-Rekayyat LNG tanker in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran and Qatar have resumed their maritime trade following a roughly five-month suspension, Iran’s commercial attaché in Doha Abbas Abdolkhani said on Sunday.
Iran-US talks in Doha were held exclusively in a trilateral format, Kazem Gharibabadi, Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs of Iran said.
Iranian assets frozen in Qatar have not yet been unblocked and returned to Tehran, the New York Post (NYP) reported, citing a U.S. administration official.
A delegation comprising Iranian experts will visit Qatar this week to discuss implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding signed with the U.S. earlier this month, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said.
According to US President Donald Trump, Iran has requested a meeting in Doha for tomorrow.
Iran and Qatar have agreed to unblock $6 bln out of a total of $12 bln in Iranian assets held in the emirate, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said.
The United States is working with Qatar on a plan that would give Iran access to $6 billion in frozen assets for humanitarian purchases, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
Qatar expects to rapidly ramp up liquefied natural gas (LNG) production following the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and restore about 80% of its export capacity within two months, Bloomberg reported, citing sources.
Qatari mediators have arrived in Iran to finalize a US-Iran memorandum and discuss unfreezing Tehran's foreign assets.
During negotiations with the US, Iran proposed lifting sanctions on half of Tehran's funds as part of the first stage of the diplomatic process
According to media reports, a Qatari delegation is in Tehran today discussing the possibility of reaching an agreement with the US.
Qatar stands against imposing a permanent toll for the passage through the Strait of Hormuz but is ready negotiate a temporary one, Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defense Affairs, Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said.
Qatar calls for respecting freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, slamming its closure as a flagrant violation of international law, Qatari Foreign Ministry Spokesman Majed bin Mohammed al-Ansari said.
Qatar has warned Iran not to use the Strait of Hormuz as a "pressure tool" in ongoing negotiations with the United States to end the current war.
The Qatari Foreign Ministry said Iran is obligated to compensate it for all damage resulting from attacks on its territory.
Iran has targeted an oil tanker chartered by the Qatari state-owned oil and gas company Qatar Energy with a cruise missile in Qatar’s territorial waters, the Qatari defense ministry reported.