London-Based Arab Paper's Claim about Zarif's Tehran Meeting with Qatari FM Ends in Gaffe

TEHRAN (defapress)- The London-based al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper claimed that Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has had a meeting with his Qatari counterpart Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani in Tehran in the past two days, while Zarif left the capital on a tour of Turkmenistan, India and Japan on Sunday evening.

News ID: 77416

Date: 15 May 2019 - 22:27

The Arabic-language paper claimed on Wednesday that Al-Thani has in an undeclared trip visited Tehran in the past two days and met with his Iranian counterpart and other officials.

But the Iranian top diplomat arrived in Ashgabat on Sunday and met with the country’s president on Monday.

He then visited New Delhi to meet and confer with the Indian officials on issues of mutual interest and then headed to Japan on Wednesday.

Zarif is due to meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on bilateral ties and problems created by the US sanctions for the two friendly countries' trade cooperation on Thursday.

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