The UN, Russia and Western countries urge to stop the violence between Israel and the Islamic republic
▲ On the left, the Iranian Foreign Minister, Abás Araqchí, at a conference in Kuwait, in which he defended his country’s right to defend itself from all attacks. In the image on the right, one of the planes that bombed Tehran.Photo Xinhua and Israel via Ap
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La Jornada Newspaper
Sunday, October 27, 2024, p. 17
London. The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, showed himself yesterday deeply alarmed due to the increase in violence in the Middle East after Israel launched an attack on military targets in Iran.
All acts of escalation deserve condemnation and must stopsaid Guterres, who also reiterated his call to all parties to end all hostilities, including in Gaza and Lebanonwas indicated in a statement from the international organization.
Meanwhile, the US president, Joe Biden, declared yesterday: It seems that they attacked nothing more than military objectivesand what are you waiting for? let this be the endabout the episode of violence between Tehran and Israel that raises fears of an escalation of military hostility in the Middle East.
Russia also expressed its opinion and called the parties involved to act with moderation, stop war hostility and prevent events from becoming a catastrophic scenariostated his spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, María Zajárova.
We are deeply concerned about the crisis between Israel and the Islamic republic, which poses real threats to stability and security in the regionsaid the Foreign Ministry spokesperson, adding that it is extremely necessary to normalize the military and political situation in the Middle East as soon as possible, since this would respond to the interests of all reasonable actors inside and outside the region.
He emphasized that we have to stop encouraging Iran to retaliate, in order to get out of the uncontrolled spiral of fightingwhile ensuring that Russia is willing to work with all parties with the aim of reducing the level of confrontation.
The British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, declared that Iran must not respond to the bombings that Israel carried out against them. It is clear that Tel Aviv has the right to defend itself against Iranian aggression, and it is equally clear that we must prevent regional tension from escalating; Furthermore, I urge moderationhe stated.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz sent a message on his X account to Tehran: Massive escalation must not be allowed to continue. It must stop now. Only then will the possibility of stability and peace in the Middle East open.
In a statement, the French Foreign Ministry asked all parties to refrain from any escalation and action that could worsen the extremely tense context in that part of the world; Meanwhile, the Spanish government requested restraint to the parties and reiterated his called to stop the increase in violence.
The European Union (EU) called on all parties to maximum moderation to avoid a uncontrollable situation in the Middle East.
