Iranian government asks Qatar for 'comprehensive efforts' in Gaza after 'crucial' Doha talks
Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdulrahman al Thani and Iran's acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri discussed on Friday “the latest news on the crimes of the Zionist regime in Gaza and ways to stop them” after two days of negotiations in Doha (Qatar) on the ceasefire in Gaza.
In a telephone conversation, Bagheri stressed to his Qatari counterpart “the need to continue comprehensive and practical efforts, including diplomatic measures, to end the Zionist genocide in Gaza,” a statement from the Iranian Foreign Ministry read.
In this regard, the Iranian Foreign Minister “warned” his counterpart “against the deception and dishonesty of the criminal gang that governs Tel Aviv,” denouncing the support that the American executive gives to Israel at the negotiating table.
“By providing weapons of war to the Zionists, the United States is itself an accomplice, and not a neutral mediator, which is why I insisted on using all capabilities to force the Zionist aggressors to end the massacres and crimes in Gaza, the representative of Iranian diplomacy added in a publication in X.
For his part, Al Thani welcomed the results of the first round of meetings on the Middle East ceasefire negotiations, describing them as “crucial.”
The conversation comes after Qatar, Egypt and the United States, the mediating powers between Israel and Hamas to reach a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, concluded “serious and constructive” talks in this regard on Friday in Doha after two days and announced their continuation ahead of schedule next weekend in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
The truce plan announced by Biden is structured around three phases, the first of which would last six weeks. During this period, Israeli forces would withdraw from populated areas of Gaza and several Palestinian prisoners would be released in exchange for the delivery of vulnerable hostages.
In a second stage, the rest of the hostages would be released, as part of an already definitive end to hostilities, while the third and final phase would consist of the beginning of the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip and the handing over of the bodies of the kidnapped who have already died. (EP)