Qatar's foreign minister says his Gulf nation wants to play a mediating role amid regional tensions following a U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian general and a senior Iraqi official earlier this month.
The attack escalated into a major crisis between Washington and Tehran, with Baghdad caught in the middle.
Qatar's foreign minister said during an official visit to Baghdad that his country was making contacts to de-escalate tensions.
His Iraqi counterpart said their talks on Wednesday focused on decreasing tensions and stressed that Iraq and Qatar share common friends in both Iran and America.
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