A delegation from Qatar traveled this Friday to Tehran, the capital of Iran, where it held a meeting with the Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, amid diplomatic efforts to try to put an end to the conflict unleashed in the region after the offensive launched by the United States and Israel against the country at the end of February.
The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Ismaeil Baqaei, confirmed the meeting in statements to the public channel IRIB, although he did not specify which Qatari officials took part in the meeting with Araqchi. For now, the Qatari government has not issued any statement about this visit.
Baqaei placed the meeting within the "noble efforts" of several states to curb further escalation and achieve the end of the war that began on February 28, while emphasizing that, for the moment, Tehran's main interlocutor remains Pakistan.
In parallel, the chief of the Pakistani Army, General Asim Munir, has also arrived in the Iranian capital with the aim of continuing talks with the highest authorities of the Islamic Republic, in his role as mediator between Tehran and Washington.
These efforts come two days after Pakistan delivered the latest proposal from the United States to Iran in an attempt to reach an understanding, after US President Donald Trump described the text sent days earlier by Iranian authorities as "totally unacceptable."
The United States and Iran continue to be immersed in a delicate dialogue process, although deep disagreements between both sides have so far prevented a second meeting from being convened in Islamabad, the city that hosted a first face-to-face meeting after the ceasefire agreement of April 8, which has since been extended indefinitely by Trump's decision.
The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and the recent assault and seizure of Iranian ships in the area by US units are among the arguments put forward by Tehran to refuse to travel again to Islamabad, considering that these operations violate the ceasefire and hinder the negotiation process. Nevertheless, both countries maintain their communication channels open through the mediation of the Pakistani government.