While the U.S. and Israel continue to rely on bombs and missiles to try to “reshape” the region, Iran has continued with its regional diplomacy in an attempt to counter U.S.-Israeli caused instability. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was in Amman, Jordan, yesterday, where he met with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and King Abdullah II before flying to Cairo late in the evening. Jordan was “the seventh destination of the Iranian foreign minister’s regional trips aimed at pursuing the Islamic Republic’s diplomatic efforts to bring to an end the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip and Lebanon,” reported IRNA.
According to the same IRNA report, “Araghchi pointed to the critical situation in the region due to the ongoing genocide by the Tel Aviv regime in Gaza and its extensive aggression against Lebanon, emphasizing the necessity of collective action by regional states to stop the war machine of the occupying regime, prevent the escalation of the conflict in the region, and safeguard stability and security in line with the interests of West Asian nations.”
Safadi, for his part, “expressed deep concern over the deteriorating security conditions in the region and reiterated his country’s position on the necessity of bringing to an end the massacre of innocent people in Palestine and Lebanon, as well as halting aggressions against Lebanon in a bid to prevent further instability in West Asia.”
In his meeting with King Abdullah II, Araghchi “expressed great concern and sadness over the dire conditions of the displaced people in Gaza and Lebanon, stressing the need for the Muslim countries to unite and dispatch humanitarian supplies to the war-stricken areas.”
