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CAPRI (ITALY), April 17. (DPA/EP) –
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has called on Iranian and Israeli authorities to act with “maximum restraint” in order to avoid a regional conflict in the Middle East following the escalation of tensions between the two. countries on the weekend.
Questioned about the recent Iranian offensive on Israeli territory, the person in charge of German diplomacy stressed that the objective now is to prevent the “highly dangerous” situation in the Middle East “from becoming a regional conflagration.”
Baerbock has warned that an escalation of hostilities “is in no one's interest” and could endanger not only security in Israel, but also the lives of hostages kidnapped by Hamas, Gazan civilians and “many people in Iran who suffer under the regime.”
Before these statements by Baerbock, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had stated that Israel will decide on its own how to proceed with the Iranian attack and that it will make a decision on the matter during this weekend.
Netanyahu has transferred to his Cabinet all the “suggestions” and “advice” that he has received in recent hours from international representatives Baerbock, or the British Foreign Minister, David Cameron, to whom he has made it “clear” that it will be Israel who will take the lead. final decision.
The German minister landed this Wednesday on the Italian island of Capri, where she will attend a meeting of the G-7, from Israel, where she met with senior leaders of the country within the framework of a crisis diplomacy initiative.
