Kallas Stresses Countering Regional Escalation

The EU's foreign policy chief stressed the need for efforts to counter the escalation of regional tensions in a phone call with the Saudi foreign minister.

In a telephone conversation with the Saudi Foreign Minister, the European Union foreign policy official emphasized the need to make efforts to deal with the escalation of regional tension.

According to Ambassador Arjan's report, quoted by Al-Arabi Al-Jadid, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan and Kaya Kalas, the head of the European Union's foreign policy, had a telephone conversation.

In this phone call, the two sides discussed regional and international developments of common importance.

In this phone call, Kalas emphasized the necessity of making efforts to deal with the escalation of regional tension.

He also considered it important to improve the level of joint cooperation in maritime defense in order to ensure the security and safety of waterways in the region.