Qatar foreign ministry spokesman Majid Ansari said on the 20th at the Qatar Economic Forum in New York that Doha is engaging with the US and Iran to push for resumption of talks. He said multiple US officials have told Qatar the US wants a deal to end the conflict. Qatar has exchanged views with both sides in recent weeks and is trying to bridge differences but gave no timetable for talks to resume. Ansari said any settlement should secure regional stability and push the international community

China CUSTOMS director Sun Meijun visited Uzbekistan Sept 15-17, meeting Uzbekistan Customs Committee chairman Mavlonov to implement leaders' consensus, advance bilateral customs cooperation and trade facilitation, and agreeing an action plan. She signed cooperation documents with Food Safety Committee chair Urunov on mutual quarantine for animal and plant products and on food safety collaboration. During the visit Sun met embassy staff, held talks with Chinese firms at Uzbek border ports to assess the operating environment, and consulted Uzbek customs personnel trained in China for feedback on training.

Exit poll projects far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) at 37.0% in the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state election.