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Qatar says Israeli strikes on Iran gas field are ‘dangerous and irresponsible’
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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)
Qatar condemns Israel’s strike on Iran’s South Pars gas field, calling it “dangerous and irresponsible.”
“The Israeli targeting of facilities linked to Iran’s South Pars field, an extension of Qatar’s North Field, is a dangerous & irresponsible step amid the current military escalation in the region,” says Qatar’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari on X.
“Targeting energy infrastructure constitutes a threat to global energy security, as well as to the peoples of the region & its environment,” he continues, calling on all sides not to target “vital facilities.”
The foreign ministers of Gulf states are due to meet in Saudi Arabia’s capital today to discuss the war.
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