2024-07-30 02:16:00
It is the “strong” first contact. Emmanuel Macron spoke on Monday with the new Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian, to whom he said “that everything must be done to avoid a military conflict” after the renewed conflict between Israel and Lebanon, calling on Iran to “stop its support for the actors irregular
The French president “expressed his very serious concern about the escalation of crises between Israel and Lebanon, especially after the deadly attack carried out by Hezbollah”, Élysée reported at the end of this first telephone interview with the reform partner appointed on July 5.
A rocket attack, blamed by the Israeli government on the Lebanese Islamist group Hezbollah, killed 12 young people on Saturday in the Syrian Golan occupied by Israel, reigniting the fears of the region while the Middle East is already in the grip of war between the Israeli army. and the Palestinian movement Hamas.
Emmanuel Macron asked Tehran, the supporter of the Shiite Hezbollah, to call for “armament”, estimating that a new war “will have devastating consequences for the region”, according to a press release from the French president.
During this first call, the French president “condemned” his colleague “on leaving office” following his election victory, but considered that “real changes” are “necessary” in Iran.
France is “ready to work” with Iran
Emmanuel Macron also told him that “the immediate release of three French nationals, unjustly held in Iranian prisons for two years, is an impossible demand and a condition not for progress” of relations between Paris and Tehran.
He also “called on the Iranian president to put an end to the crisis of Iran’s nuclear program and to cooperate fully with the International Atomic Energy Agency”, pleading for a “diplomatic solution” when negotiations have been stalled for several months.
“France is ready to work with the new Iranian president to facilitate the resolution of all disputes and contribute to security and stability in the region,” assured the Elysée. The French president also “warned” Massoud Pezeshkian “against the progress” of Tehran’s “support” for “war of aggression by Russia in Ukraine”.
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