Senior officers from South Korea, america, Japan and different international locations attend the Pax Silica summit in Washington D.C. on Dec. 12, 2025. Yonhap
WASHINGTON — Qatar on Monday signed a doc to take part in a U.S.-led coalition for provide chain cooperation on synthetic intelligence (AI), crucial minerals and different areas, becoming a member of South Korea and 6 different signatories to the group.
The State Division mentioned that Below Secretary of State for Financial Affairs Jacob Helberg and Qatar’s Minister of State for Overseas Commerce Affairs Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Sayed signed Doha’s accession to “Pax Silica,” an financial safety initiative that was launched final month as Washington seeks to counter China’s rising heft in superior applied sciences.
With Qatar’s entry, the coalition now consists of eight members: america, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Britain, Israel and Singapore.
“Collectively, america of America and Qatar affirm a brand new geopolitical consensus that financial safety is nationwide safety, and nationwide safety is financial safety,” the division mentioned in a media observe.
“Qatar’s management and dedication to investing in safe power, superior expertise, and important minerals provide chains make it an indispensable companion on this effort, putting Qatar within the vanguard of countries that can drive the following stage of world financial development,” it added.
The grouping comes as U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is pushing to boost America’s international “AI dominance,” guarantee secure provide chains for crucial minerals and counter China’s management over these strategically very important sources, amid an intensifying rivalry between the 2 superpowers.
Pax Silica attracts from the Latin “pax”, which implies peace, stability and long-term prosperity, whereas silica refers back to the compound refined into silicon, a chemical factor key to the pc chips that allow synthetic intelligence, in response to the State Division.
