Qatar foreign ministry: No truce talks being held, only efforts to resume negotiations

Nurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent

File: Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Majed Al Ansari, speaking to Reuters after Qatar helped mediate a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, in Doha, Qatar, January 20, 2025. (Reuters/Imad Creidi)
File: Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Majed Al Ansari, speaking to Reuters after Qatar helped mediate a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, in Doha, Qatar, January 20, 2025. (Reuters/Imad Creidi)

Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari states at a press conference in Doha that “there are no ongoing talks regarding a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, but rather contacts aimed at drafting a framework that would allow negotiations to resume.”

He adds that there is “positive language” coming from the Americans regarding reaching a ceasefire. Al-Ansari also says that Qatar continues to push for a separation between the issues of the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza and a ceasefire.

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