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President Donald Trump He signed an order on Monday, offering a US guarantee for Qatar safety, which is a significant obligation for the growing Arab ally who is not NATO.
“The United States should consider any armed attack on the territory, sovereignty or critical Catar's state infrastructure as a threat to the world and security of the United States,” said the order publicly published on Wednesday, I read it unclear.
“In the event of such an attack, the United States should take all legal and appropriate measures – including diplomatic, economic and, if necessary, the military – to protect the interests of the United States and the state of Qatar and restore peace and stability.”
The warranty was the level of support usually offered by the closest allies of Washington. This happened after the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli Katari Emir Tamim Ben Hamad Al Tanya for September 9, an Israeli blow to its territory.
The strike was aimed at Hamas, but killed one Qatar Security Service.
Emir Katar Sheikh Tamim Ben Hamad Al Tanya welcomes President Donald Trump during a visit to Dochu in May. (Alex Brandon/AP)
Qatar was also attacked Iran in June in the blow Aim at the US base.
The order does not correspond to the Pact in the NATO style was not ratified by the Senate, so it is not obligatory.
It came like Netanyahu and Trump while visiting the White House on Monday, announced Plan 20 points for the cessation of war in gasCooked with Qatari mediation. Hamas has not yet accepted the plan.
The US relationship with the income has traveled a long way since 2017, when Trump accused Katar of sheltering terrorism: “Catarus, unfortunately, was historically a sponsor of terrorism at a very high level,” Trump said at that time.
From there, Qatar became a large non-Neto ally in the United States in 2022 under President Bayden and is the house for the Al-Udeid air base, one of the largest bases in the Middle East of the United States and a key center for US central command operations.
The country now gives the United States a new plane to serve Air Force One.
President Donald Trump He signed an order proposing a US guarantee for Qatar safety, a significant commitment to the growing Arab ally who is not NATO. (Getty images)
On Tuesday, September 9, 2025, in Doha, Qatar, a damaged building is observed after the attack of the Israeli leaders of Hamas. (Reuters / Ibraheem abu mustafa)
Katar welcomed the president’s executive order in his statement, which states that he reflects “strong and long -standing connections between the Doha and Washington.”
“Qatar remains committed to cooperation with the United States and international partners as a trusted intermediary to solve common problems, preliminary resolution of conflicts with the help of diplomatic funds and support a sustainable world in the region,” the statement said.
The security guarantee for a long time was the goal for Qatar and other allies of the Gulf, such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
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The country has been accepting the political position of Hamas since 2012, but local officials have said that the United States asked to do this to establish a communication line for negotiations.
Before Qatar was involved in mediation of the ceasefire in gas, it was a bridge for us and negotiations on the Talibians before the withdrawal in 2021 and worked on the exchanges of the prisoners between Russia and Ukraine. This year he was connected with the United States in the development of a peace agreement between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, signed in the White House in June.
