Turkiye calls on Iran to avoid escalation in region

ISTANBUL, April 14 (KUNA)-- Turkiye on Sunday called on Iran to avoid a "new escalation", after Middle East tensions soared following Tehran's attack on Israel's occupation territory, a diplomatic source said.
Turkiye's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan spoke by telephone with his Iranian counterpart "and stated that we do not wish for a new escalation in the region", Turkish News Agency (Anadolu) said.
For his part, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told Fidan that its "retaliatory operation" against Israel had ended, adding that Iran would not launch a new operation unless it was attacked, Turkish diplomatic sources said.
However, Amir-Abdollahian cautioned that if Iran faced another attack, its response would be even more robust next time. (end) tar.jsy