{"id":854797,"date":"2026-09-20T23:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T23:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/854797\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T23:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T23:12:15","slug":"qatar-pm-describes-fallout-of-us-israel-war-on-iran-as-earthquake-united-nations-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/854797\/","title":{"rendered":"Qatar PM describes fallout of US-Israel war on Iran as \u2018earthquake\u2019 | United Nations News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Qatar\u2019s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani has called on states to respect sovereignty as a condition for security in the Middle East, warning against \u201ccycles of escalation\u201d after \u201can earthquake\u201d caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran.<\/p>\n

The region needs a \u201cframework in which sovereignty is respected\u201d and no state can pose a \u201cthreat to another\u201d, Sheikh Mohammed said on Sunday at the opening of the Qatar Economic Forum\u2019s UN General Assembly-adjacent event in New York City.<\/p>\n

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Sheikh Mohammed \u2013 who is also Qatar\u2019s foreign minister \u2013 described the economic fallout from the US-Israel war on Iran as \u201can earthquake\u201d with \u201cits shock waves\u201d reaching far beyond the borders of the Middle East, \u201cchallenging assumptions about security and stability\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the crisis, almost every conversation began with security and de-escalation, then turn[ed] to energy supplies, shipping routes, and with our investments, plans will continue. These were different expressions of the same question. When so much is being disrupted, what can still be relied upon?\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that Qatar has weathered the test to the \u201cfoundations\u201d of the country\u2019s economy and security, but acknowledged that the ongoing conflict in the region is having an impact.<\/p>\n

\u201cPermanent security cannot be built through arrangements that leave any state permanently exposed to insecurity,\u201d Sheikh Mohammed said. \u201cWe must address the sources of tensions and build confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reporting from New York, Al Jazeera\u2019s Kristen Saloomey said that message \u201cno doubt will be repeated\u201d when Gulf leaders meet US President Donald Trump on Tuesday during the UN General Assembly.<\/p>\n

Qatar\u2019s $38bn domestic investments<\/p>\n

The PM also outlined a domestic shift in Qatar\u2019s investment strategy by pledging more than $38bn in spending on Qatari infrastructure over the next five years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s meant to attract private investors and send a message of Qatar\u2019s resilience,\u201d Saloomey said, while the PM is nonetheless acknowledging that the ongoing conflict is \u201chaving an impact on the region\u201d.<\/p>\n

The UNGA starts on Monday and ends on Friday.<\/p>\n

The situation in the Middle East and its global ramifications are expected to be high on the agenda during speeches and diplomacy.<\/p>\n

Also on Sunday, Qatar\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Majed Al-Ansari, told US media in New York that the mediation efforts by his government are ongoing to restart talks between Tehran and Washington to end the US-Israel war on Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published On 20 Sep 202620 Sep 2026 Qatar\u2019s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":854798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,101,801,129,3,15275,4870,21,19,22,20,25,1209,231941,24],"class_list":["post-854797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-economy","tag-iran","tag-middle-east","tag-news","tag-qatar","tag-united-nations","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-canada","tag-us-israel-war-on-iran","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=854797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/854798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=854797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=854797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=854797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}