The Mediator of the Conflict in the Gaza Strip, Qatar, called on the Israeli government and the Hamas militant movement to use the current dynamic situation after the closure of Israel’s ceasefire with Iran and advanced in negotiations on a ceasefire in the Palestinian enclave. In an interview with AFP, this was declared by a spokesman for the Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs and advisor to Prime Minister Madžid Ansari, writes TASR.
“Unless we take this opportunity and this impulse, it will be just another of many lost opportunities in the recent past. We don’t want to see it again. We try to take the opportunity that arose as a result of a ceasefire between Iran and Israel, to renew Gaza negotiations,” declared in an interview with the Ansari.
The spokesman added that the parties currently keep no negotiations but Qatar is “intensively involved in interviews with each side separately”. US President Donald Trump was optimistic on Friday about the new Gaza ceasefire and He said that the agreement could take place next week. In addition to the United States and Qatar, the Mediator in the Conflict is also Egypt.
“We have seen the pressure of the United States and what they can achieve,” The Ansari referred to the January ceasefire negotiated by the US, in which dozens of hostages detained by Hamas were released in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
The spokesman claims that Washington’s pressure can help negotiate a new ceasefire. “Very, very closely, we work with them to make sure that the international community as a whole, and especially the US, is putting the right pressure on both sides to sit behind the negotiating table,” added.
The United States attacked three nuclear facilities in Iran last weekend. In response, Tehran sent missiles to the American Air Base of Al-Udajd in Qatar. “Qatar could make a decision to escalate the situation, but since there was a chance of peace, we decided to do it,” He added ensemi.
