UN Chief Calls For 'Halting Fighting, Return To Serious, Sustained Negotiations
NEW YORK, June 23 (Bernama-WAM) -- The UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities by the United States marks a 'perilous turn in a region that is already reeling', Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported.
'From the outset of the crisis, I have repeatedly condemned any military escalation in the Middle East. The people of the region cannot endure another cycle of destruction. And yet, we now risk descending into a rathole of retaliation after retaliation,' he said in his remarks before the Emergency Meeting held by the Security Council.
'To avoid it, diplomacy must prevail. Civilians must be protected. Safe maritime navigation must be guaranteed. We must act – immediately and decisively – to halt the fighting and return to serious, sustained negotiations on the Iran nuclear programme,' he added.
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