CAIRO: Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty held a phone call with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to discuss the current escalation of tensions in the Middle East.
Abdelatty briefed Blinken on the talks he held with the foreign ministers of Lebanon and Iran, as well as those of several European countries, about the regional escalation, the recent Israeli assassinations, and the fallout, which threatens to extend the scope of the war in an unprecedented way.
The foreign minister also stressed the necessity of all sides exercising self-restraint, sparing the region from the dangers of instability, and called on US Secretary of State to pressure Israel into ceasing its aggression and engaging seriously in the truce talks in Gaza.
The two sides also discussed the ceasefire talks and the Egyptian-Qatari-US efforts in this connection, agreeing to continue coordinating in order to reach a truce deal as soon as possible and defuse the crisis.
