Qatar says it will work with the Biden administration “until the last minute” before the US presidential election to help achieve a ceasefire deal in Gaza.
The Gulf state, along with the US and Egypt, has been spearheading negotiations to end the war between Israel and Hamas since the conflict erupted in October 2023.
The dynamic of talks could change in January when either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump replaces Joe Biden as US president, though Qatar says they won’t be affected.
“We don’t foresee any negative result of the elections on the mediation process itself,” Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari said.
“We believe that we are dealing with institutions, and in a country like the United States, the institutions are invested in finding a resolution to this crisis.”
Ceasefire talks recently resumed in Doha after almost a month of silence between all parties, with Egypt proposing a 48-hour ceasefire that would allow four Israeli hostages to be released from Gaza and some Palestinian prisoners released.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s office denied reports that Israel had received the proposal, saying it would have “accepted it immediately” if it had (see 11.06 post).
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