The United States and Iran have agreed to stop attacking each other, American media reported citing senior US officials, and plan to meet on Tuesday in Qatar to resolve their dispute over the Strait of Hormuz, AFP reports.

The US and Iran have traded strikes in recent days despite a fragile June 17 memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the conflict that began in late February and disrupted shipping through the vital waterway.

Under that agreement, Tehran committed to allow safe passage of commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz while Washington agreed to lift its blockade of Iranian ports.

“We decided to stop all the kinetic activity,” a senior US official told media outlet Axios, using a military term for strikes.