TEHRAN (Iran News) – Talks between Saudi Arabia and Qatar to heal their two-year rift are a good development for the region as a whole, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in Doha on Sunday. Asked at the Doha Forum in Qatar if the recent Riyadh and Doha talks that were made were good […]
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Talks between Saudi Arabia and Qatar to heal their two-year rift are a good development for the region as a whole, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in Doha on Sunday.
Asked at the Doha Forum in Qatar if the recent Riyadh and Doha talks that were made were good for the region, Zarif told reporters: “Of course it is.”
Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani told the same event on Saturday that there had been “small progress” in resolving the bitter dispute between Riyadh and Doha which advanced in talks, Reuters reported.
Sheikh Mohammed briefly met with Zarif in public at the forum on Sunday and sat in the audience as the Iranian foreign minister gave an address.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt cut diplomatic and trade links with Qatar in June 2017, accusing it of backing terrorism.
Doha denies their charges and accuses its neighbors of seeking to curtail its sovereignty.
Established in 2000, the Doha Forum seeks to promote the interchange of ideas, discourse, policymaking, and action-oriented recommendations.
Doha Forum 2019 has brought together many world leaders, thinkers, and policymakers to reimagine a global governance to address the collective needs and priorities.
Iranian top diplomat, Javad Zarif, held meetings with Doha top diplomats discussing issues of the region.
- source : Tasnim, Irannews
