Turning to the broader regional crisis, Ansari said Qatar’s current efforts are focused on defusing tensions and returning the US and Iran to their memorandum of understanding and the negotiating table.
“At this stage, our efforts are focused on stopping the escalation and bringing both sides of the crisis back to the dialogue table,” he said.
He added that Qatar wants an agreement on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and a ceasefire to be reached simultaneously.
On the Iranian pilots who entered Qatari airspace, Ansari said Qatar found the remains of one of the two pilots on March 19 and later handed them over to the Iranian side.
He said Tehran had not responded to Qatar’s invitation to send a technical team to observe the search operations.
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