US EditionQatar Prime Minister Urges De-escalation Amid Iran Strikes and Regional Tensions
Qatar’s prime minister called Iran’s attacks a dangerous miscalculation that risks regional instability and global market disruption, urging all sides to prioritize diplomacy.
- Speaking to Sky News, Qatar prime minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani urged all sides to de-escalate and rejected claims the strikes targeted only military sites.
- Iranian strikes have targeted international airports, water utilities and gas infrastructure, with twenty‑five percent hitting civilian facilities, raising humanitarian concerns and threatening global markets and food supplies.
- For a longtime mediator, Qatar expressed feeling betrayed by attacks from a neighbour and praised Qatar's defence and security forces amid a very difficult period.
- He warned the escalation could destabilise the region and global economy, calling renewed negotiations the only way to prevent further conflict while noting Gulf states remain integral.
- Addressing global audiences, the Qatar prime minister urged all sides to de‑escalate and called on the United States to reduce tensions to prevent regional spillover and wider war.
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Qatar wants to bolster security partnership with US after Iran’s strikes
DOHA, March 10 (Reuters) – Qatar wants to strengthen its defence partnership with the United States in the wake of Iranian air strikes on Qatari territory, the foreign ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday, even as it sees the existing deal as an important deterrent. Iran launched missile and drone attacks on its oil-producing Gulf neighbours after U.S.-Israeli strikes that killed its top leaders. The conflict disrupted output in the region…
Tensions between Iran and Arab countries have escalated significantly. Meanwhile, Qatar's Prime Minister, Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman, has clarified that Iran has betrayed Arab countries and had pre-planned the attack. Iranian attacks on Gulf countries began within an hour of the US and Israeli strikes, further complicating the situation.
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Iran ‘betrayed the Gulf region’: Qatar PM slams Iran’s attacks as ‘dangerous miscalculation’
Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani accused Iran of “betraying” the Gulf region after missile and drone strikes hit neighbouring states amid the widening Middle East conflict.
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