ANKARA, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held phone calls on Saturday with the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iran, Pakistan, and Egypt to discuss the escalating tensions between Israel and Iran, warning that Israel's latest military actions threaten to destabilize the entire region and undermine global security.
According to statements from Türkiye's Directorate of Communications, Erdogan spoke separately with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, Jordanian King Abdullah II, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi. In the conversations, Erdogan strongly criticized Israel's recent airstrikes on Iranian territory, which resulted in civilian casualties and the deaths of senior military officials.
Erdogan warned that the Israeli strike on Iran -- carried out amid ongoing nuclear reconciliation talks between the U.S. and Iran -- was a deliberate attempt to sabotage peace efforts. He said the attack had triggered nuclear leaks and posed "an irresponsible threat to regional and global security."
"The region cannot afford another crisis," Erdogan told those leaders. He emphasized that a full-scale war could trigger waves of irregular migration and urged all parties to support diplomatic solutions, particularly continued negotiations on Iran's nuclear program.
In his conversation with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, Erdogan also stressed that Israel's actions must not overshadow the ongoing suffering in Gaza. He described the Israeli government's defiance of international law as a global issue, not just a regional one. Enditem
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