The meeting was called by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, following an “unprecedented” escalation of tensions in the Middle East.
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The foreign ministers of the European Union (EU) will meet this Tuesday by videoconference to discuss the worsening tensions in the Middle East, following Iran’s large-scale attack against Israel.
The meeting, in which the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Paulo Rangel, will participate, will take place entirely by videoconference and was convened by the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell.
Government officials will meet at 5:00 p.m. local time (4:00 p.m. in Lisbon).
The main issue is the worsening of tensions in the Middle East, after an “unprecedented” escalationas echoed by several European ministers in the days following Tehran’s retaliation against Israel.
Iran launched an attack on Israel on Saturday night and early Sunday, using more than 300 drones (unmanned aerial devices), cruise and ballistic missiles, the vast majority of which were intercepted, according to the Israeli Army.
The night the “shadow war” between Iran and Israel came one step closer to becoming an open war
Tehran justified the attack as a self-defense measure, arguing that the military action was a response to “the aggression of the Zionist regime” against the Iranian diplomatic facilities in Damascus (Syria), which occurred on April 1 and was marked by death. of seven members of the Revolutionary Guard and six Syrian citizens.
The Western international community strongly condemned Iran’s attack on Israel and called for maximum restraint to avoid an escalation of violence in the Middle East, a region already very unstable due to the war that has been going on for more than six months between Israel and the Islamist Group. Palestinian Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Source: Observadora
