(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.”
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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.
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To contact the editors responsible for this story: Shaji Mathew at shajimathew@bloomberg.net, Abbas Al Lawati, Claudia Maedler
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