Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his Qatari counterpart Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani have again called for a ceasefire to be implemented in the Gaza Strip, after nearly 11 months of fighting between Israel and Palestinian extremist group Hamas.

Iran welcomes Doha’s efforts in mediating in the conflict, Araghchi said after receiving the Qatari minister in Tehran on Monday, state news agency ISNA reported.

Tehran, which is allied with Hamas, would accept “any agreement” that accepts the militant group.

Negotiations on a ceasefire in Gaza, mediated by Qatar, Egypt and the US, have reportedly once again reached a stalemate.

Bin Abdulrahman, who also serves as Qatar’s prime minister, is the first senior foreign official to visit Iran after the new government was sworn in following the helicopter crash that killed former president Ebrahim Raisi.

Iran, which considers Israel as its arch-enemy, has threatened to retaliate after the political leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in Tehran last month in a suspected Israeli attack, fuelling fears of a wider regional conflict.

Iran’s highest-ranking general, Mohammed Bagheri, has struck a more moderate tone, however, saying Iran shouldn’t fall into “the enemy’s trap.”

“The Islamic Republic of Iran will decide for itself when to take revenge, and the Axis of Resistance will act separately,” Bagheri said, referring to a group of regional powers including Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia, Yemen’s Houthi rebels and Hamas that Tehran considers its allies in the fight against Israel.