Qatari Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, affirmed his country’s dedication to upholding an agreement with Iran and the United States regarding the $6 billion in Iranian funds held in a Qatari bank.
Prime Minister of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said on Friday that his country is committed to fulfilling an agreement with Iran and the US on $6 billion in Iranian funds held in a Qatar bank.
“Qatar is committed to an agreement and will fulfil its obligations and will not do anything without consultations with our partners,” Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani told a joint news conference with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Doha.
The $6 billion will be used in accordance with the agreement struck with United States and Iran, he added.
Iran said the United States “can not renege” on an agreement to transfer $6 billion in frozen funds through mediator Qatar following Hamas’ bloody assault on Israel.
Tehran, which financially and militarily backs Hamas, has come under intense scrutiny since fighters of the Islamist group stormed across Israel’s southern border at the weekend, shooting people in their homes and on the streets in an onslaught that claimed more than 1,300 lives.
Iran has insisted it was not involved, but celebrated the Hamas attack as a “success”.
Israel has responded to the attack by pounding Hamas targets in the blockaded Gaza Strip, killing nearly 1,800 people in the impoverished Palestinian territory of over 2.4 million people.
The transfer of the frozen funds from South Korea to Europe and later to Qatar was part of a deal that saw the United States and Iran exchange five prisoners last month.
Khalil Wakim, with AFP
