Saudi Foreign Minister speaks with his American and Iranian counterparts to prevent escalation

April 15 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, Faisal bin Farhan, held a telephone conversation this Sunday with his American counterpart, Antony Blinken, and with his Iranian counterpart, Hosein Amirabdolahian, to avoid an escalation of regional tensions as a result of the Tehran attack. against Israeli territory in response to the bombing of the Iranian Consulate in Damascus (Syria), which left 16 dead, including two senior officials of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

Blinken has reiterated that Washington is not seeking to increase the scale of the conflict but that it will continue to support Israel and its defense, and both have agreed to maintain a coordinated diplomatic response and to be in “close contact,” according to a statement from the US State Department.

In the conversation with Amirabdolahian, both diplomatic heads about the repercussions of the latest events in the region “in the framework of the crisis in the Gaza Strip.”