Qatar warns regional conflict is reshaping security and investment
Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani has called for respect for sovereignty and an end to escalation, while Qatar pledges more than $38 billion for infrastructure.
Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani has warned that the economic fallout from what Qatar describes as the US-Israeli war on Iran has sent “shock waves” beyond the Middle East.
Speaking at a Qatar Economic Forum event in New York held alongside the United Nations General Assembly, Sheikh Mohammed said regional security required a framework in which sovereignty was respected and no state could pose a threat to another.
He described the conflict’s impact as “an earthquake”, linking disruption to energy supplies, shipping routes, investment and wider assumptions about security and stability.
Sheikh Mohammed said permanent security could not be built through arrangements that left any state exposed to insecurity. He called for the sources of tension to be addressed and for confidence to be built between states.
Qatar also announced plans to spend more than $38 billion on domestic infrastructure over the next five years. The source did not provide details of the projects or funding arrangements.
Qatar’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Majed Al-Ansari, said the government’s mediation efforts to restart talks between Tehran and Washington were continuing. The statement did not establish that talks had formally resumed.
