Qatar PM joins G7 talks on Iran after Trump meeting, says Paris
G7 foreign ministers in Paris, France, November 10, 2026. KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / VIA REUTERS Qatar's premier on Tuesday, November 10, joined talks on the G7 sidelines in the French capital with four European top diplomats and the Saudi foreign minister hours after meeting US President Donald Trump to discuss ending Washington's war with Iran, Paris said. "The ministers will discuss the situation in the Middle East − with a particular focus on the Iran crisis and its security and economic repercussions − both for the region and for the international community as a whole," the French Foreign Ministry said ahead of the talks.
Trump had said after meeting Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, a key mediator who is also Qatar's foreign minister, that there was momentum toward ending the war with Iran, which erupted on February 28 with the killing of Supreme Keader Ali Khamenei. The US leader declared that Iran "militarily, is effectively over," but kept open the possibility of new strikes. Avoiding new escalation against Iran European top diplomats attending the meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Paris have been pressing US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to avoid any new escalation against Iran and ensure shipping traffic can flow freely again through the Strait of Hormuz energy transit hub.
Left out here: Leaves out what changes the picture
Le Monde reports Europeans pressing Rubio to let shipping 'flow freely again' through Hormuz but never says the US is enforcing a naval blockade against Iran there, which Trump said he was content to keep. Without it a reader takes the blocked strait as a problem caused by Iran alone, with the US as the party asked to help fix it.
How we know
- Al-Monitor reported“saying he was content with the US naval blockade against Iran in the Strait of Hormuz”Trump tells Reuters that Qatar, Saudi Arabia want peaceful Iran deal, US ready for strikes if needed (opens in a new tab)
- The Jerusalem Post reported“would prefer the status quo, in other words, a continuation of the Greatest Naval Blockade in History”Trump says Saudi Arabia, Qatar want peaceful resolution to Iran war, US ready to strike if needed (opens in a new tab)
As well as Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, the foreign ministers of European G7 members Britain, Germany, Italy and France were also taking part, the French Foreign Ministry said. The talks were convened by French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, Paris said. Read more Subscribers only With midterms over, fears of renewed US war with Iran This meeting is taking place at a time when Saudi Arabia and its oil infrastructure and airports in particular have been targeted almost daily since October by the Iran-backed Houthis who are fighting the Yemeni government.
The talks between Trump and the Qatari premier sparked hope that the chances of full-scale war resuming between Iran and the United States have receded since the defeat of Trump's Republicans in the midterm elections, with the price of Brent oil dropping below $90 a barrel. Le Monde with AFP
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