The heads of state and government that make up the G7 They held an emergency meeting this Sunday, at the request of Italy and the United States, after Iran’s attack on Israel. In a video conference, the leaders condemned the actions of the Iranian state and called for “restraint” in Middle East in the face of possible violent escalation of the conflict.
“The Italian presidency of the G7 convened a video conference of leaders today, early in the afternoon,” the Italian executive said in a brief statement. The G7 is made up of Italy, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Japan.
The meeting was urgently called after Iran launched a night attack with more than 200 drones and missiles against Israel, in response to a bombing against its consulate in Damascus on April 1. The unprecedented Iranian attack was “thwarted”, according to the Israeli military.
NATO condemned Iran’s attack
At the same time, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) today joined the forceful rejection of Iran’s actions against Israel and also called for “moderation.”
“We condemn the escalation of Iran during the night, we call for moderation and we are closely following events,” the spokesperson for the NATO Farah Dakhlallah in a post on social network X (ex Twitter). “It is vital that the conflict in middle East don’t get out of control,” he said.
Meanwhile, the UN Security Council He also plans to meet this Sunday in the wake of the attack, which led the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, to condemn “a serious escalation.”
The G7 repudiated Iran’s attack against Israel
French President Emmanuel Macron condemned “in the strongest possible terms the unprecedented attack launched by Iran against Israel” and called for “restraint” from the parties involved, according to a message published on the X social network on Sunday.
The head of the Italian government, Giorgia Melonialso condemned the aggression and expressed its “great concern about further destabilization of the region.”
The German head of government, Olaf Scholzin turn warned against the risk of “conflagration” in the region, which could “descend into chaos”, according to the head of German diplomacy, Annalena Baerbock.
The British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunakreported that the country’s air force managed to shoot down “several” Iranian drones during the attack.
Source: Ambito
