The UAE and Qatar have called on their allies, including European ones, to help US President Donald Trump and resolve the situation around Iran, Bloomberg reports. According to sources, the Gulf countries are seeking to create a broad coalition for a speedy
diplomatic settlement of the conflict in order to prevent regional escalation and a protracted energy price crisis.
Amid the escalation, the UAE requested assistance from its allies in medium-range air defense, while Qatar requested assistance in countering drones, the agency's sources said. According to their information, Qatar's Patriot missile stockpiles will only last four days at the current rate of use.
UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani have already held telephone conversations on this topic with a number of European leaders, including British Prime Minister Keir Starmer , French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
Furthermore, if the conflict continues and severe shipping disruptions persist, an even more significant market reaction to gas prices is possible, Bloomberg reports. Qatar has already suspended LNG production at the world's largest export terminal following the Iranian drone attack, which led to a more than 50% increase in gas prices in Europe, the publication notes.
The US operation against Iran will not be endless and will not follow the Iraqi scenario, Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth stated earlier. He called the operation conducted by the United States and Israel against Tehran "the most complex and precise" in history.
Trump himself stated that Washington expected the operation to eliminate part of Iran's leadership to take two or three weeks, but the military was "ahead of schedule" and completed the task in a day.
Amid the escalation, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the Emir of Qatar, the leader of the UAE, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, and the King of Bahrain.
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