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US envoy Witkoff and Kushner will be in Qatar, no meeting with Iran, Qatari official says

AL-MONITOR
Jun 30, 2026
Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy for Peace Missions listen as Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS
Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy for Peace Missions listen as Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS — Pool

DOHA, June 30 (Reuters) - U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump's son-in-law ‌Jared Kushner will be in Doha to meet Qatari mediators to discuss U.S.-Iran negotiations, Qatar's foreign ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday.

• There will not be a high-level meeting between Washington and Tehran, Majed Al Ansari told a media briefing.

• Qatar has not transferred $6 billion of Iranian frozen funds to Tehran, he added.

• Doha has been coordinating with Oman, which sits on the western coast of the Strait of Hormuz, on the safe passage for vessels.

(Reporting by Andrew Mills in Doha and Tala Ramadan in Dubai; Editing by Sharon Singleton)