Iraqi leader calls for immediate action to prevent Middle East conflict in call with Blinken

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani has said that preventing an escalation of armed conflict in the Middle East depends on stopping "aggression in the Gaza Strip" and preventing it from spreading to Lebanon.

He made the remarks in a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Caliber.Az reports, citing Iraqi media.

Al-Sudani stressed to Secretary Blinken that "preventing escalation in the region depends only on stopping the aggression on Gaza, preventing its expansion to Lebanon, deterring and curbing Netanyahu and his government, preventing the Zionist occupation authorities from attacking the countries of the region, ending its repeated violations of international law and state sovereignty, and its attempts to spread the conflict and expand the scope of crises."

For his part, the US Secretary of State Blinken expressed "the desire of the United States and the US administration for Iraq to play a role in controlling the situation in the region and preventing escalation from various parties, in continuation of Iraq's efforts to support regional stability and regional peace."