As the U.S. strikes reportedly killed more than 40 people, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said in a statement that it represented “another adventurous and strategic mistake by the United States that will result only in increased tension in instability in the region.”
Russia called for a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, according to AFP.
Asked about the situation, Borrell said: “We call on everybody to try to avoid an escalation.”
The EU top diplomat also expressed deep concern as he pointed to the Israel-Hamas war, saying that around 1 million Palestinians “have been displaced progressively against the Egyptian border.”
“They claimed they were safe zones, but in fact what we see is that the bombing affecting the civilian population continues and it is creating a very dire situation,” he said, stressing that the conflict had created “a domino effect.”
“As long as the war in Gaza continues, it is very difficult to believe that the situation in the Red Sea will improve, because one thing is related with the other,” he added.
