US envoys met with Qatari mediators on Tuesday in Doha to discuss negotiations with Iran, the Gulf state said, after Tehran and Washington agreed a memorandum of understanding this month to halt the Middle East war. Iran said a team would go to Doha but contradicted US President Donald Trump's claim that direct talks would take place. Qatar also said no high-level meetings or direct talks between the longtime foes were planned. Here is what we know about the discussions.
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Who and when Trump posted on Monday that Iran had requested fresh talks in Qatar the following day. "IT WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW IN DOHA!" he wrote. After his social media post, his spokeswoman told Fox News that US envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner "will be flying to Doha for high-level meetings this week". Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari confirmed on Tuesday that Witkoff and Kushner were in Doha, but said "they are not here for their negotiations with the Iranians". They were there to "meet with mediators, with Qatari officials, and the talks will be around all regional issues ... including, of course, negotiations with Iran, but also including Lebanon", he added. The Iranian delegation is led by deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi, according to foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei, who confirmed Iran would hold its first meeting with mediators on Wednesday.
