DOHA: The Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani received a phone call from the Deputy Prime Minister of Jordan Dr. Ayman Al Safadi on Tuesday and discussed developments in Gaza, the Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported.

During the call, they discussed cooperation in bilateral ties and ways to support and develop them, the developments in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territories, the repercussions of the assassination of the chief of the political bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement in Palestine (Hamas) Dr. Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, and ways to de-escalate the situation in the region.

The two leaders emphasized that stopping the war in the Gaza Strip would be the first step to defusing tension and escalation in the region.

They also stressed the continuation of consultation, coordination and joint work between the two nations to stop the war and put an end to the humanitarian disaster witnessed by the Gaza Strip.