The leader of Qatar, one of the bunch of Arab countries on great footing with Tehran, met with President Donald Trump for talks expected to address Doha's idea to help ease strains between the US and Iran. Two years in the wake of agreeing supporting Saudi Arabia's multifaceted sanctions against Qatar, Trump invited Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani to the White House on Tuesday as though nothing had ever occurred.

The amir intended to offer the great workplaces of Doha in trying to orchestrate new negotiations between the US and Iran, an authority at Qatar's consulate in Washington disclosed to The Daily Beast in front of the White House meeting.

While Washington has called for negotiations, the Iranian side state they have no enthusiasm for talking until the US rejoins the 2015 nuclear deal disavowed by Trump a year ago and lifts sanctions against the oil rich nation.

Strains in the Persian Gulf have expanded as of late in the midst of assaults on oil tankers that Washington accused on Iran and the downing of a US reconnaissance ramble that Tehran charged with trespassing in sovereign airspace.

Trump continues to claim that he doesn't need war with Iran, pushing rather for dialogues along the lines of the one he had with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Iran and Qatar have since quite a while ago had close relations, due in huge part to their joint responsibility for world's biggest petroleum gas field, which traverses the Persian Gulf.

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