UN To US, Iran: Stop Escalating Tensions, Exercise Maximum Restraint And Re-start Dialogue

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday warned that “geopolitical tensions are at their highest level this century”.

Reuters quoted him as calling on world leaders to stop escalating tensions, exercise maximum restraint and re-start dialogue.

Guterres said: “This cauldron of tensions is leading more and more countries to take unpredicted decisions with unpredictable consequences and a profound risk of miscalculation.”

Similarly, Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi on Monday told the U.S. ambassador to Baghdad, Matthew Tueller, that both countries should work together on implementing an Iraqi parliamentary resolution on the withdrawal of foreign troops.

“The prime minister stressed the importance of mutual cooperation on implementing the withdrawal of foreign troops, in line with the Iraqi parliament’s resolution, and to set relations with the U.S. on a proper foundation,” his office said in a statement.