00:00Qatar says it is working with Pakistan to bring the United States and Iran back to negotiations.
00:06The comments follow Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir's visit to Tehran, where Islamabad
00:11said progress has been made in efforts to reduce regional tensions.
00:14Our officials are on the phone on a daily basis trying to workshop ideas, workshop ways
00:19of getting back to the negotiations.
00:23Qatar says it is not seeking a separate deal with Iran for its own energy shipments through
00:28Hormuz.
00:29This is a regional problem that needs a regional solution.
00:33It cannot be addressed bilaterally with Iran.
00:36Iran has closed the state of Hormuz and in a way that goes beyond the international maritime
00:44law and goes beyond good-nebbery relations.
00:46This needs to end immediately.
00:48The diplomatic push comes as Washington widens sanctions on Iran, and Tehran threatens to
00:54retaliate against countries that enforce them.
00:56Qatar says it remains committed to mediation, but Iran's latest threats have created another
01:02obstacle to efforts to bring Tehran and Washington back to negotiations.
01:06Doha insists diplomacy remains the only way out of the crisis.
01:11Muhammad Al-Ashi, your news, Doha.
01:14There is also a couple of Romans.
01:17There is no way out of the crisis.
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