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Doha’s diplomatic sprint: Qatari PM briefs G7 after White House talks

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Qatar's prime minister will meet European powers and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday in an unscheduled stop at the G7 foreign ministers meeting in Paris after holding talks on Monday with US President Donald Trump on the Iran conflict.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani © FGT

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani © FGT

Qatar's prime minister will meet European powers and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday in an unscheduled stop at the G7 foreign ministers meeting in Paris after holding talks on Monday with US President Donald Trump on the Iran conflict.

"On this occasion, the ministers will discuss the situation in the Near and Middle East—in particular the Iranian crisis and its security and economic repercussions, both for the region and for the international community as a whole," France's foreign ministry said in a statement.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, who also serves as Qatar's foreign minister, was scheduled to meet with the ministers of Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Saudi Arabia, which had already been invited for broader G7 talks on the situation in the Middle East.

Reporting by John Irish

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