World leaders respond to Israel’s strikes on Iran

World leaders call for restraint after the launch of Israel A series of air strikes In Iran early Friday morning, in the escalation of regional tensions.

Israel said the strikes were targeting the Iranian nuclear program. Nuclear scientists and high -level military officials have been killed in strikes, according to the Iranian media.

While the United States did not participate in the strikes, the president Donald Trump They were previously informed.

“We are not involved in strikes against Iran and our maximum priority is to protect the American forces in the region,” the foreign minister Marco Rubio He said in a statement. Washington, which was in negotiations to reach a new nuclear agreement with Tehran, previously said it prefers a medium deal over the armed attack.

As of the most recent, Iran has launched about 100 drones towards the Israeli territory that the Jewish state was working to intercept, according to an Israeli army spokesman. The state of emergency was declared in Israel.

The attacks have raised concerns about the possibility of clashes or wider in the area that already faces instability and conflict along the besieged Gaza Strip.

Friday, Trump He said On the social media platform that Iran warned of the power of American military equipment “and that Israel has many of it, with more in the future – and they know how to use it.”

He also urged Iran to conclude a nuclear deal “before there is nothing”, indicating that future strikes may be more intense.

Elsewhere, UK Prime Minister Kiir Starmer said that strike reports “relate” and called on the participants to “decline and reduce tensions urgently.”

He said in A. mail On x.

British Foreign Minister David Lami also He said Any additional escalation was “a serious threat to peace and stability in the region and in the interest of anyone.”

The French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean -Nouil Barrot, struck a similar accent on Friday, and also called for “all parties to exercise restraint and avoid any escalation that is likely to display regional stability.”

In social media mailBarrot also noticed that France had previously participated in concerns about the Iranian nuclear program.

“We reaffirm Israel’s right to defend any attack,” he said, according to CNBC. Barrot added that it is necessary to reduce tensions through diplomatic channels, and that France was committed to contributing to this.

German Chancellor Friedrich Mirz chanted this feeling in a series of publications on the X social media platform, Saying Germany was ready to influence the conflicting parties with all available diplomatic tools.

“We affirm that Israel has the right to defend its existence and the safety of its citizens. We call on both sides to refrain from steps that may lead to an additional escalation and can shake the stability of the entire region, He saidAccording to the translation of CNBC.

“The goal must remain that Iran does not develop nuclear weapons,” Mirz Add.

In Asia, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said he condemned the Israeli attack, warning that he might claim to stabilize the region.

He said in c mail On the social media platform x.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in China also called for efforts to cancel the escalation and offered any such efforts, according to the translation of the CNBC of the government media report.

Meanwhile, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Israel was the strike and that the unjustified attacks of the United Nations sovereign members were “categorically acceptable”, according to Google’s translation.

“Diplomacy remains the best way forward, and I am ready to support any diplomatic efforts to cancel the escalation,” she added. mail On the social media platform x.

Meanwhile, UN Security Public Public Public Public Diseases spokesman said that the United Nations President condemned “any military escalation in the Middle East” and called for “the maximum restraint.”

The spokesman said in a statement.

Saudi Foreign Ministry He said “The stark Israeli attacks against the Islamic Islamic Republic of Iran, which undermines its sovereignty and security and constitutes a clear violation of international laws and rules.”

Relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Iran have been strained repeatedly over geopolitical issues and competition over oil, but the two countries were re -established relations in 2023.

The United Arab Emirates also condemned the strikes of Israel “and expressed its deep concern about the continuous escalation and its effects on regional security and stability,” according to statement By the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

She said: “The United Arab Emirates stressed the need to resolve conflicts through diplomatic means instead of confrontation and escalation, and called on the United Nations Security Council to take urgent and necessary measures to achieve a ceasefire and promote international peace and security.”

The United Arab Emirates is one of a handful of Arab countries that created part of the full diplomatic relations with Israel.

Elsewhere, the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs The name The attacks are “a flagrant violation of Iran’s sovereignty and security, as well as a clear violation of international law and its principles in force.”

Meanwhile, Turkey said that “Israel must immediately stop its aggressive actions that may lead to broader conflicts.” In a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ankara, who was decisive about the Israeli government in Benjamin Netanyahu in the past, confirmed that it “does not want to see any bloodshed and destruction in the Middle East.”