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Qatar says diplomacy with Iran possible ‘if they stop the attacks’
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Qatar's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari looks on at a press conference during the 2025 Arab-Islamic emergency summit in Doha on September 15, 2025. (Mahmud HAMS / AFP)
Diplomatic talks with Iran are only possible if it ceases its attacks, Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesman says, as Tehran presses its missile and drone campaign against Gulf states.
“If they stop the attacks, then we can find a way out with diplomacy. But as long as our countries are being attacked, this is not the time to establish committees, it’s the time to take a very principled position [on] protecting our countries and for them to stop attacking us immediately,” Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari says.
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