German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called on Sunday for a crisis meeting of his
European Union counterparts this week to discuss escalating tension in the
Middle East following the killing of a top Iranian military commander in
Iraq by the United States.
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"As Europeans, we have tried and tested and resilient channels of communication on all sides, which we must make full use of in this situation," Maas said in a statement.
Maas has proposed to EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell that a meeting of the bloc's foreign ministers be brought forward to this week to agree on a common approach.