PARIS:
The reaction of international community poured in after the United States struck three nuclear sites in Iran on Sunday, with majority of the world leaders condemning the attack and calling for de-escalation.
The European Union’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas called for de-escalation and a return to negotiations.
“I urge all sides to step back, return to the negotiating table and prevent further escalation,” Kallas wrote on X, adding that Iran must not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon and that EU foreign ministers would discuss the situation Monday.
Russia ‘strongly condemned’ the bombings, calling them ‘irresponsible’ and a ‘gross violation of international law’.
“A dangerous escalation has begun, fraught with further undermining of regional and global security,” the Russian foreign ministry added.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the strikes a “dangerous escalation in a region already on the edge”.
“There is no military solution. The only path forward is diplomacy. The only hope is peace,” Guterres said in a statement.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer called on Iran to “return to the negotiating table and reach a diplomatic solution to end this crisis”.
