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Friday, June 28, 2024
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Friday, June 28, 2024
German foreign minister urges Iran to help stop Middle East escalation
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock gives a statement on the situation in the Middle East on April 14, 2024 at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin (Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock tells her Iranian counterpart, Ali Bagheri Kani, that Iran needed to help prevent a further escalation of the situation in the Middle East.
“Further escalation must be prevented at all costs, and Iran must also contribute to this,” Baerbock told the acting Iranian foreign minister in a phone call, according to a German foreign ministry post on X.
