Vienna, June 16, 2025
The State of Qatar has called for calm, de-escalation, exercising maximum self-restraint, and carrying on with negotiations to reach a diplomatic solution to the issues pertaining to the Iranian nuclear program.
The State of Qatar added that facts have shown that there is no alternative to dialogue and diplomacy to ensure peace and stability and to spare the region and the world further catastrophes.
This came in a statement delivered by HE Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations and international organizations in Vienna Jassim bin Yacoub Al Hammadi at the emergency meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Board of Governors in Vienna.
His Excellency urged the Director General of the IAEA to engage with the Iranian side to facilitate technical discussions and diplomatic solutions to the nuclear issues concerning Iran.
His Excellency also reiterated the State of Qatar’s strong condemnation and deep denunciation of the Israeli attack on the territory of the Islamic Republic of Iran, calling on the international community to assume its legal and moral responsibility to urgently stop such violations.
The Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations and international organizations in Vienna stressed the State of Qatar’s rejection of the use of force outside the framework of the United Nations Charter, pointing out that Israel’s claim that its attack on Iran was a preemptive act of self-defense lacks any legal basis. His Excellency added that respecting state sovereignty and banning the use of force without UN Security Council authorization or in self-defense under Article 51 of the Charter are peremptory norms in international law and the UN Charter.
He said that the international community and the UN Security Council under its mandate, must firmly uphold these principles and prevent their violation, as doing otherwise creates chaos in international relations and leads to the law of the jungle.
His Excellency also noted that an armed attack on nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards is a condemned act, potentially causing wide-scale harm to people and the environment, with serious implications for nuclear safety and security.
HE Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations and international organizations in Vienna Jassim bin Yacoub Al Hammadi praised IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi’s statement before the UN Security Council on June 13, in which he reaffirmed the IAEA General Conference’s resolutions stating: “Any armed attack on and threat against nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes constitutes a violation of the principles of the United Nations Charter, international law and the Statute of the Agency,” and stating: “An armed attack on a nuclear installation could result in radioactive releases with grave consequences within and beyond the boundaries of the State which has been attacked.”
