After the assassination Friday of Hezbollah leader, the foreign ministers of Egypt and Iran held a meeting on the latest developments in the region. During the meeting on Saturday, they re-echoed the need for a de-escalation in the region.
Following the escalation of tensions in the middle East, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, discussed on Saturday the serious developments in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon. They met on the sidelines of the high-level segment of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 79) in New York.
As per a statement released by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abdelatty and Araghchi deliberated on the unjustified escalation exacerbated by Israel in the region and the potential regional consequences of such actions. They reiterated the importance of de-escalation to prevent the region from sliding into a wider conflict that could endanger the security and stability of its peoples, said the statement.
This comes after an Israeli airstrike on Hezbollah’s underground headquarters near Beirut on Friday killed Hassan Nasrallah, the group’s secretary-general of Hezbollah, the powerful regional force stationed in Lebanon. In the past week, Israeli air strikes have killed around 1,000 individuals, including dozens of childrenin Lebanon. This escalation coincides with the Israeli war in Gaza nearing its one-year mark, killing over 41,500 Palestinians, injuring more than 96,200 others, and pushing the enclave closer to the brink of famine.
Egypt has consistently cautioned against the conflict spreading throughout the region, underscoring that an all-out war would leave no country in the region unaffected.
