The Minister of Foreign Affairs, the European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, called this Monday to “containment” in Israel and Iran after Saturday’s Israeli attack against Tehran in order to prevent a regional war.
“We must end this spiral of action and reaction between Israel and Iran.. At any moment, one can make a calculation error and the other can misread the action he has just received, and everything can get out of control,” warned the minister in an interview this Monday at Al Rojo Vivo.
He insisted on this same idea later during a press conference following the ministerial meeting of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), during which, one more year Israel refused to participate Although it is a member, the vast majority of the 43 countries that make it up (the 27 from the EU and the rest of the Mediterranean) have chosen to send a lower-ranking representative, with the exception of Jordan ( who co-chairs), Lebanon and Slovenia.
“On Saturday, we witnessed a new episode between Israel and Iranand leads Spain once again to ask all parties to show restraint to avoid, in a situation which already This is extremely seriousa regional escalation and a regional war,” the minister said.
According to him, all participants in the event held in Barcelona agreed on the need to “stop this cycle of action, reaction“between Israel and Iran” which could lead to a regional conflagration with unpredictable consequences.
Albares recalled that he had already asked for restraint from his Iranian counterpart during his meeting in New York (United States) in September and that he had once again reiterated his message. In the case of Iran, he stressed, “this containment must be transfer to all affiliated groupshe must address Hezbollah, he must address the Houthis in Yemen, he must also address the Shiite groups in Iraq.” “This is the only way to move forward towards a political solution.” he concluded.
