NNA – Today, Sunday, the foreign ministers of the Group Seven (G7) held a videoconferencing meeting to discuss the situation in the Middle East, wherenbsp;they expressed quot;severe concernquot; about fears of an escalation, as announced by Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tayani, according to quot;Agence France-Pressequot;.
quot;Together with our partners, we have expressed great concern about the recent events that threaten to give the crisis a regional dimension, starting with Lebanon,quot; Tayani said in a statement.
quot;We call on the concerned parties to refrain from any initiative that hinders the course of dialogue and moderation and leads to a new escalation,quot; said the statement issued by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which headsnbsp;the Group 7nbsp;countries this year.
The statement added that the foreign ministers quot;emphasized the priority of a positive result of the negotiations on the ceasefire in Gaza and the release of the hostagesnbsp;with the intensification of humanitarian aid.quot;
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