New Delhi, June 22 (UNI) Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has postponed his planned two-day visit to India, which was to begin on Monday, amid the rapidly escalating tensions in the Middle East.
This is the second time this year that the Egyptian foreign minister is postponing his India visit. In February, Egyptian FM Abdelatty had postponed his visit to India.
Badr Abelatty was expected to hold talks with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal during his latest New Delhi visit.
FM Badr Adbelatty was in Turkey on Saturday to attend the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting and held talks with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi there, to discuss the diplomatic efforts being undertaken to de-escalate the current conflict and achieve a ceasefire.
On Sunday, US President Donald Trump said he had “obliterated” Iran’s main nuclear sites in strikes overnight, joining an Israeli assault in a major new escalation of conflict in the Middle East, even as Tehran vowed to defend itself.
Iran called the US attack a grave violation of international law that would have “everlasting consequences”.
“Iran reserves all options to defend its sovereignty, interest and people,” wrote Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in a social media post, noting that the Israeli and US attacks on Iran came despite ongoing talks between Washington and Tehran.
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