00:00We need de-escalation now.
00:02That's the message from Qatar as the U.S. and Israel's war on Iran enters its third week.
00:07Speaking to reporters on Monday, the advisor to Qatar's prime minister
00:11says he's not aware of any mediation efforts to end the current conflict.
00:15He also says Iran must stop attacking its neighbors
00:18and rejects Tehran's claim that it is not targeting civilian infrastructure across the Gulf.
00:24Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Dr. Majid Al-Ansari
00:27says Iranian attacks on Qatar have included cruise and ballistic missiles,
00:32drones, and even fighter jets.
00:34He says five different types of drones were used on Sunday alone.
00:38Iran is attacking our countries in an unprovoked way.
00:42These attacks are harming civilians.
00:44These attacks are killing people in neighboring countries.
00:47And there is no need for coordination.
00:50The only need here is for Iran to stop attacking the countries that are not attacking them,
00:54to stop attacking the countries of the Gulf, stop attacking the countries in the Arab world.
00:57Iran says it is only targeting U.S. interests in the Gulf.
01:01Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi has also proposed forming a committee
01:05to investigate who is responsible for attacks on civilian areas.
01:09But Al-Ansari says the reality on the ground tells a different story.
01:13Let me make it very clear.
01:14Since the Iranian attacks have started on Qatar,
01:18the threats and the attacks on civilian targets have not stopped,
01:22including last Saturday when a missile with the trajectory towards the residential area was intercepted.
01:30In response to a question from Euronews,
01:33Al-Ansari says Qatar has also received strong support from European partners during the crisis.
01:39We're hugely appreciative, of course, of the European support in general throughout this crisis,
01:44as you have mentioned, you know, with the joint squadron with the United Kingdom,
01:47with the help coming in from France, from Italy, from other partners in Germany,
01:51other partners in Europe.
01:53We are working very closely with them.
01:55What is taking place right now in this European position is laying the ground for an important,
02:03you know, increase in our defense and security partnerships with Europe.
02:09And these are the times when you know your partners and your friends as assets,
02:15and this is what we have seen when it comes to Europe.
02:17Qatar says diplomacy remains the only path to ending the conflict.
02:21But with attacks continuing across the region, officials say de-escalation has to happen.
02:26First, Adil Halim, Euronews, Doha.
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