President of the United States Donald Trump will have meetings with the leading figures from the Gulf region on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly sessions to be held soon in New York. He will present the strategy for ending the war with Iran during these talks. Trump Postwar Iran Talks
According to diplomatic sources familiar with the event, the invitations have been officially extended to the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council, consisting of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman. The meeting might be extended to the figures representing the other Arab and Muslim nations allied with the US.
The summit talks will formulate the strategy to be adopted after the war in the Middle Eastern region, which will be formulated by the US national security team after the upcoming midterm elections. While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly sought a bilateral sitting with Trump during the assembly, White House officials have refrained from commenting, and no formal encounter between the two leaders has been confirmed.
This diplomatic engagement follows a similar initiative from the previous UN assembly, where American officials presented preliminary peace proposals to regional stakeholders before launching public negotiations. Gulf states hosting American strategic military facilities have faced significant security challenges throughout the hostilities, enduring cross-border retaliatory strikes alongside widespread disruptions to commercial shipping lanes, regional petroleum supply chains, and gas exports across vital maritime corridors.
The economic fallout of the regional crisis has brought heightened urgency to these multilateral talks. Disruptions to critical waterways have caused supply chain delays, increased shipping insurance costs, and placed heavy burdens on regional trade hubs. Restoring transport resilience remains a central priority for both Washington and regional partners.
The planned consultations align with recent declarations from President Trump indicating that Washington and its regional partners are approaching the final stages of the military campaign. The US leader emphasized that diplomatic channels remain open, revealing that Iranian representatives have communicated directly with American officials expressing a clear desire to secure a negotiated settlement to end the crisis. MENA News Agency
