Italy’s Meloni urges Iran to avoid escalation in Middle East during call with Pezeshkian
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrives for an informal EU leaders summit in Brussels, on June 17, 2024. (Nick Gammon/AFP)
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni asks Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to avoid escalation in the Middle East during a call, her office says in a statement.
During the call, Meloni “emphasized the need to prevent the expansion of the ongoing conflict in Gaza, including with reference to Lebanon, urging her counterpart to avoid further escalation and to reopen the path to dialogue,” the Italian prime minister’s office says.
