Qatari and Jordanian foreign ministers discuss ways to defuse tension and escalation in the region

DOHA: Qatar and Jordan emphasised that stopping the war on the Gaza Strip represents the first step to defusing tension and escalation in the region. This came when Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani received a phone call on Tuesday from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Dr. Ayman Al Safadi. According to Qatar News Agency (QNA), the ministers discussed cooperation relations between the two countries and ways to support and develop them, the developments in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territories, the repercussions of the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in the Iranian capital Tehran, and ways to calm down and de-escalate the situation in the region. They also stressed the continuation of coordination, consultation, and joint work between the two countries to stop the war and put an end to the humanitarian disaster witnessed by the Gaza Strip Source : Emirates News Agency