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Trump Meets Qatar's PM as Iran Diplomatic Talks Stall
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In Short: US President Donald Trump met with Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani at the White House on Monday, amid ongoing diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict with Iran.
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US President Donald Trump met with Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani at the White House on Monday, as diplomatic efforts to end the conflict with Iran face significant obstacles.
Qatar has played a central role as an intermediary between Washington and Tehran, conveying proposals and seeking to bridge differences over Iran’s nuclear program and the terms for ending the conflict.
Trump reiterated that fresh military strikes against Iran remained 'highly unlikely' if ongoing talks continued to advance, though he did not completely rule out further military action.
Iran has stepped up diplomatic efforts amid suggestions by Trump that the US could resume full-scale strikes on Iran.
Iran offered the US a new nuclear and peace proposal via Qatari mediators on Thursday, to be discussed only after Washington meets Tehran’s seven demands.
The meeting comes as the United States and Iran continue to disagree over the conditions required for a ceasefire.
Military tensions have continued despite the diplomatic contacts, with the Strait of Hormuz remaining a major source of global economic disruption.
President Trump emphasized that he prefers a diplomatic settlement but described Iran's demands as 'unacceptable' and, in some instances, 'outrageous and ridiculous, and really not realistic.'
What this adds
Trump met with Qatar's Prime Minister amid diplomatic stalemate with Iran.
Background
US President Donald Trump met with Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani at the White House on Monday, as diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict with Iran face significant obstacles.
What's confirmed
- President Donald Trump will meet with Qatar’s prime minister at the White House on Monday, according to the White House schedule, as the conflict with Iran drags on and diplomatic efforts to end it face significant obstacles.
- Qatar has played a central role as an intermediary between Washington and Tehran, conveying proposals and seeking to bridge differences over Iran’s nuclear program and the terms for ending the conflict.
- Trump is due to meet with Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, who also serves as Qatar’s foreign minister, in a closed-door meeting.
- The Qatari Prime Minister is expected to meet Vice President Vance separately before his meeting with Trump, Axios reported, citing a source with knowledge of the matter.
- “We’ve beaten Iran. We are doing very well with Iran,” he said.
- Qatar has maintained an essential role as an intermediary between Washington and Tehran, passing along diplomatic proposals and attempting to bridge gaps regarding Iran’s nuclear programme and the conditions required to conclude the ongoing conflict.
- Further addressing the diplomatic landscape, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio indicated on Sunday that negotiations with Iran had yielded little progress, adding that he saw no sign of an imminent breakthrough.
- United States President Donald Trump is set to hold talks with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani behind closed doors at the White House on Monday, amid ongoing diplomatic efforts to bridge differences over Iran ’s nuclear programme and the terms for ending the conflict.
- ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — President Donald Trump met Qatar's prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, on Monday at the White House as diplomatic efforts to end the war with Iran continue, even as Secretary of State Marco Rubio warns that negotiations remain far from a breakthrough and Tehran signals a willingness to negotiate without yielding to pressure.
What's still developing
- “Most likely it will not be necessary,” Trump reiterated.
- Tehran’s demands include lifting the sanctions Washington imposed on Iran after the collapse of a memorandum of understanding, signed in Islamabad, Pakistan, in June, reducing the US military presence in the region, reinstating the oil waivers granted in June as part of the MoU and releasing frozen Iranian funds, including those held in Qatar.
- "I would also like to sincerely thank you, from my heart, for doing this."
- "Madam first lady, I would like to thank you: You did an amazing job," he said.
- "Does anybody believe this election was honest?"
- The competing messages come as the Strait of Hormuz remains a major source of global economic disruption and regional governments push for a diplomatic solution to a conflict that has subjected Gulf countries to thousands of Iranian missile and drone attacks.
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