UN Chief Antonio Guterres called for de-escalation in the Gulf . (File)
United Nations:
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Friday the “world cannot afford” another Gulf war, following the killing of Iran’s top military commander by a US strike.
“The secretary-general has consistently advocated for de-escalation in the Gulf,” a spokesman for Guterres said in a statement.
“This is a moment in Which leaders must exercise maximum restraint. The world cannot afford another war in the Gulf. “
The United States announced early Friday that it had killed Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the Iranian Quds Force, in a strike on Baghdad’s international airport.
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