The Qatari Prime Minister said that Gulf Arab states are speaking with Iran about developing a new regional security framework. The Gulf Arab states, which host US military bases, became targets of Iranian missiles during the war.
“Part of what we are doing now, as regional countries, is to create this regional security framework between us and Iran,” Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani added. “That will hopefully have economic co-operation in the future between all of us, to bring the region back to stability.”
Qatar and Pakistan are currently mediating talks between the US and Iran. Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed said that Washington and Tehran had established a deconfliction line to reduce tensions caused by miscommunication.
Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qatar host US military bases and were attacked by Iran during the war. Washington struggled to supply its Gulf allies with enough interceptors to defend against Iranian missile attacks.
The future of the Gulf Arab state’s ties with Iran could be shaped by an investment fund aimed at helping rebuild Iran. Sheikh Mohammed said reports that the fund could total $300 billion are “aspirational.” However, he said that Gulf investments to help rebuild Iran are aimed at ensuring “that Iran flourishes and their economy grows; and our investment basically has always been purely on commercial decisions.”
One of Tehran’s demands for ending the conflict is for countries involved in the war against Iran to pay reparations.
