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CAIRO, June 18 (Xinhua) — Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Atty on Tuesday called for an end to the ongoing military escalation between Israel and Iran in two separate phone calls with U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for the Middle East Steven Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
During the telephone conversation, B. Abdel Aty stressed the need to work towards de-escalation in the region and to seek diplomatic and political solutions that help contain the escalation of the situation and prevent the risk of a large-scale conflict in the Middle East, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
He stressed the need for an immediate ceasefire and a return to negotiations as the only means of achieving a sustainable agreement on the Iranian nuclear program.
B. Abdel Aty further reiterated the need to prevent the conflict from spreading and plunging the region into all-encompassing chaos that would harm all parties.
The ongoing Israeli-Iranian conflict began on June 13, when Israel launched large-scale airstrikes on Iranian nuclear and military sites, killing several senior Iranian commanders and nuclear scientists. Iran then retaliated with missiles and drones into Israeli territory. The five-day conflict has left at least 244 people dead in Iran and 24 in Israel. –0–