Call for resumption of maritime navigation

Sayyid Badr bin Hamad al Busaidy, Foreign Minister, had a phone call with Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar.
The call comes within the framework of ongoing consultations and the coordination of visions and positions regarding regional developments. It also touched upon ways to support efforts aimed at achieving the desired consensus on numerous files, foremost of which relates to negotiations for the resumption of maritime navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.
Sayyid Badr also received a telephone call from Kaja Kallas, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission.
During the conversation, the two sides exchanged views on regional developments and the latest updates. They expressed their support for efforts aimed at resuming maritime navigation and ending the state of tension and escalation in the region.
The phone call also addressed the existing relations of cooperation and the partnership between the Sultanate of Oman and the European Union.
Meanwhile, Iran and the United States played down hopes for an imminent breakthrough in efforts to end their three-month-old war on Monday, with the top US diplomat saying Washington will either get a good agreement or deal with the country in 'another way.'
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters in New Delhi that the US would give diplomacy every chance to succeed before exploring 'alternatives', after President Donald Trump said on Sunday he had told his representatives not to rush into any Iran deal.
There was a 'pretty solid thing on the table in terms of their ability to open up the strait, get the strait (of Hormuz) open, enter into a very real, ⁠significant, time-limited negotiation on the nuclear matter, and hopefully we can pull it off,' Rubio said.
Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Monday the deal will either be 'great ⁠and meaningful, or there will be no deal at all.'
Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said in a weekly briefing on Monday that a conclusion had been reached on many topics, but that does not mean that 'we're close to signing an agreement'.
The potential memorandum of understanding contains 14 points and is focused on ending the war and the US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, in exchange for Iran taking steps to ensure safe transit ‌through the strategic waterway, he said.
At present the talks are not on the nuclear issue, which will ​be negotiated over a 60-day period if ⁠the framework accord is agreed, Baghaei said. SEE ALSO P4 & 5