US envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner will be in Doha to meet Qatari mediators, but there will not be a meeting with Iranian officials, Qatar’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari said Tuesday.
“The US envoy Mr. Steve Witkoff and Mr. Jared Kushner are here in Doha to meet with the mediators with Qatari officials, and the talks will be around all regional issues which are of concern, including negotiations with Iran,” al-Ansari said during a weekly media briefing, stressing “they are not here for direct negotiations with the Iranians.”
The Qatari official added that the $6 billion in Iranian frozen funds have not been transferred to Tehran, adding this will happen “according to the advancement of negotiations.”
Regarding the Strait of Hormuz, he said that Doha is coordinating with Oman on safe passage of ships through the waterway.
