Qatar
Qatar pushes for freedom of navigation in Strait of Hormuz
PM holds calls with regional counterparts
His Excellency the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani has urged all parties to remain committed to dialogue and diplomacy and to implement the understandings reached between the United States and Iran, including ensuring freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.
He made the call in separate telephone conversations Sunday with the foreign ministers of Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Egypt.
The prime minister said these steps were essential to safeguard regional security, preserve the progress already achieved and reinforce stability. He reaffirmed Qatar's full support for all efforts aimed at defusing tensions and reaching a comprehensive agreement that secures lasting peace in the region.
In his call with Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, they reviewed bilateral co-operation and ways to strengthen it. They discussed the latest regional developments, particularly diplomatic efforts and joint co-ordination aimed at de-escalation and at reinforcing regional security and stability.
Speaking with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah al-Saud, they reviewed relations between the two countries and means of advancing them. They discussed regional developments and the co-ordination under way to contain escalation.
With Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah, the two reviewed bilateral ties and prospects for deepening them, and discussed the diplomatic track aimed at lowering tensions and consolidating security in the region.
In his call with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, the two reviewed co-operation between the two countries and ways to support and strengthen it. They also discussed regional developments and joint co-ordination to reduce escalation and enhance stability.
Qatar has spent the past two decades building a record as one of the region's most active mediators, and the calls fall squarely within that policy. Doha hosted the talks that produced the US-Taliban agreement and has since served as a channel between Washington and Kabul. Alongside Egypt and the United States, it has brokered successive truces and exchanges of hostages and detainees in Gaza.
It has mediated between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, facilitated dialogue among Chad's rival factions, helped secure prisoner releases involving the United States, Iran and Venezuela, and worked to reunite Ukrainian children with their families. That accumulated experience — quiet, persistent and built on talking to all sides — underpins the prime minister's insistence that the current diplomatic opening be preserved rather than squandered.