(Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister hopes all actors involved in the recent
Middle East flare-up take steps to avoid escalation.“We are very keen that the situation in the region doesn’t escalate any further,” Prince Faisal bin Farhan said at a press conference in Riyadh Monday. “It’s certainly a very dangerous moment and we have to be conscious of the risks and dangers not just to the region but to wider global security.”Read:
Iran Warns Those Who Supported Soleimani Killing ‘Will Pay’ (1)Prince Faisal was speaking days after a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad killed top Iranian and Iraqi commanders, raising prospects of a military confrontation in the Middle East.To contact the reporter on this story: Vivian Nereim in Riyadh at vnereim@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Shaji Mathew at shajimathew@bloomberg.net, Abbas Al Lawati, Claudia MaedlerFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2020 Bloomberg L.P.