CAIRO, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty held phone calls on Wednesday with his counterparts from Jordan, Bahrain, and Iran, calling for calm in the region on the heels of the U.S.-Israel war on Iran and Tehran's retaliatory attacks, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
During the phone calls, Abdelatty urged mobilizing regional and international efforts to contain the escalation, and to rely on dialogue and diplomacy to prevent the expansion of conflict.
He warned that the growth of the military operation would jeopardize the security and stability of the whole region, reiterating the importance of intensifying efforts to maintain the regional stability and to safeguard international navigation security.
Abdelatty and the Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi discussed the present serious situation in the region and stressed the importance of stopping the acceleration of the conflict expansion with the neighboring countries.
Abdelatty also renewed calls for respecting the principle of good neighborhood and the country's sovereignty, emphasizing that the diplomatic path is the only way to contain tensions. ■
