Qatar’s foreign minister has expressed his country’s willingness to have constructive relations with Iran after several Persian Gulf Arab countries cut their diplomatic ties with Doha.
Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al Thani made the remarks in an interview with RT Arabic on Saturday during a visit to Moscow, where he sat down with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.
“As far as our relations with Iran are concerned, everyone wants positive relations with Iran. Iran is a neighbor,” Sheikh Mohammad said.
The Qatari foreign minister said, “The strategic choice of all countries is to maintain dialog with Iran”, adding “We, in the state of Qatar, support these efforts.”
It came after the Qatari emir’s reported remarks on Iran’s stabilizing role in the region sparked a diplomatic storm with Saudi Arabia and its allies even though Doha later said its state media which published the statements had been hacked.
Source: Press TV
