Qatar PM Calls Iran War Fallout an 'Earthquake' — SkimNews
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- Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani described the economic fallout from the US-Israel war on Iran as 'an earthquake' whose shock waves 'challenge assumptions about security and stability,' speaking Sunday at the Qatar Economic Forum in New York
- The Qatari PM called for a Middle East framework in which 'sovereignty is respected' and no state can pose a 'threat to another,' warning against 'cycles of escalation' and arrangements that leave any state 'permanently exposed to insecurity'
- Qatar pledged more than $38bn in domestic infrastructure spending over the next five years, framed by the PM as attracting private investors and sending 'a message of Qatar's resilience' amid the ongoing conflict
- Qatar's Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari told US media in New York that Doha's mediation to restart talks between Tehran and Washington and end the war is ongoing
- Al Jazeera reported the PM's sovereignty message 'will be repeated' when Gulf leaders meet President Donald Trump on Tuesday during the UN General Assembly, which runs Monday through Friday
Why it matters: Qatar is doubling its role — mediator and economic anchor — as the US-Israel war on Iran rattles Gulf energy markets and shipping. The $38bn domestic infrastructure pledge, announced hours before Tuesday's Trump-Gulf meeting at UNGA, is Doha's way of telling private capital that its economy can absorb the regional shock.
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