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\nQatar said on Tuesday that it had received \u201cpositive responses\u201d from both the US and Iran regarding ongoing mediation efforts between the two sides, stressing that efforts continue to end the state of \u201cno war, no peace\u201d and uncertainty in the region.
\n\u201cMediation efforts between Washington and Tehran are still ongoing, and there have been positive responses from both sides,\u201d Ibrahim Al-Hashimi, director of the Qatari Foreign Ministry\u2019s Media and Communications Department, told a press conference in Doha.
\nHe stressed that mediators were working to end the state of \u201cno war, no peace\u201d in the region and put an end to uncertainty.
\nHis remarks came a day after Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said he held \u201cpositive discussions\u201d with US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance in Washington on reaching an agreement and bringing peace to the region.
\n\u201cPleased to meet with the US president and vice president in Washington, where we discussed the situation in the region and ways to make progress in US-Iran negotiations,\u201d Sheikh Mohammed said on Monday on X.
\n\u201cI appreciate the positive discussions on reaching an agreement and bringing peace to the region,\u201d he added.
\nEarlier on Monday, an unnamed Iranian official told the semi-official Fars News Agency that reports of talks to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for the release of $8 billion in frozen Iranian assets were false.
\nThe official said Tehran would engage only within the framework of seven conditions it had conveyed to Washington. They include lifting the naval blockade and unilateral sanctions, ensuring safe passage through the strait, releasing frozen Iranian assets, and ending the war.
\nGCC approves advanced unified military command headquarters in Kuwait, plans troop deployment: report
\nGulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states have approved establishing an advanced headquarters for their unified military command in Kuwait and deploying \u201cappropriate\u201d forces there, the bloc\u2019s secretary-general said, according to Saudi state television Al Ekhbariya.
\nNo further details on the command or the forces to be deployed were immediately available.
\nThe announcement followed the 23rd meeting of the GCC\u2019s Joint Defence Council, attended by defence ministers from the bloc\u2019s member states in Bahrain.
\nThe GCC established its Unified Military Command at a summit in Kuwait in December 2013 to plan and manage joint military operations and strengthen member states\u2019 defence capabilities against potential threats to their territory, airspace, waters and interests.
\nThe Gulf Arab states, most of which host huge US military bases, have faced repeated Iranian missile and drone attacks since the United States and Israel launched their war on Iran on February 28.
\nThe war has disrupted air travel and shipping, and raised concerns over the security of the region\u2019s vital oil and gas exports.
\nAraghchi says Iran war can only end through diplomacy, not military action or sanctions
\nIranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Tuesday said that the Iran war would only come to an end by using respect and diplomacy, and while meeting Iran\u2019s demands.
\nHe dismissed media reports about a possible meeting between Iran\u2019s top security official and the US vice president, describing them as baseless, according to IRNA.
\n\u201cThe war on Iran will end neither through military action nor through increased sanctions. The only way forward is to use the language of respect and diplomacy, while meeting Iran\u2019s demands and the conditions set out in the two-day proposal that remains on the table,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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