Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari said "any attempt to normalise the closure of the Strait of Hormuz in this way will end with regional escalation", and that Doha is working with Oman and Pakistan to return the parties to negotiations. This widens the mediation channel from Oman alone to a three-country effort - the only development in the window that points toward the durable-reopening leg rather than away from it.