Top American officials and the Prime Minister of Qatar convened in Miami on Saturday, May 9, in an intensified diplomatic effort to finalize an agreement to end the war with Iran, Axios reported.
The meeting involved US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani. Sources indicate that Prime Minister al-Thani altered his travel plans following meetings in Washington with Vice President J.D. Vance to facilitate the Miami summit.
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The roadmap to peace
The center of the negotiations is a single-page, 14-point memorandum of understanding (MoU). This document is intended to serve as a framework for a month-long period of intensive negotiations in Islamabad, Pakistan, aimed at a permanent resolution to the hostilities.
While in Miami, the Qatari Prime Minister consulted with the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia. A coalition including Qatar, Pakistan, Egypt, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia is working collectively to push the deal through.
As of Saturday, Washington was still awaiting a final response from the Iranian leadership regarding the memorandum’s terms.
Strategic concessions
The proposed “roadmap” suggests unprecedented shifts in the regional balance of power. Under the draft terms, Iran would be required to weaken its military grip on theStrait of Hormuz. In return, the United States would ease its blockade of Iranian ports for the 30-day duration of the Islamabad talks.
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