According to the Egyptian presidency, the call addressed the latest developments on the Iranian nuclear file, where El-Sisi voiced Egypt’s deep concern over the rising regional tensions, stressing the necessity of avoiding escalation and rejecting military solutions.
The Egyptian president further emphasized that diplomatic solutions are the only proper means to resolve the crisis, thereby sparing the Middle East further tension and instability.
During the call, President Pezeshkian expressed to El-Sisi his sincere thanks and appreciation for Egypt’s positive role in avoiding escalation and working toward regional security and stability.
The call between the Egyptian and Iranian presidents comes amid an intensive diplomatic push by Cairo to de-escalate rising regional tensions between Washington and Tehran.
In recent days, the US President Donald Trump ordered war fleets toward Iran and threatened military action against the country over its nuclear program, prompting Tehran to vow a stern response to any Israeli/US attacks on the country.
Egypt has failitated an agreement bertween the Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency to resume the agaency's monitoring of Iranian nuclear program in the aftermath of the Israeli/US attacks on the country in June.
Cairo has maintained that a diplomatioc solution not a military one was the only way to resolve the conflict between the US and Iran to spare the region from wider destabilization and a wider conflict.
During the call, President El-Sisi reaffirmed to Pezeshkian that Egypt will continue its intensive efforts to bring the US and Iran back to negotiations for a peaceful and comprehensive resolution of the Iranian nuclear file dispute.
The Egyptian leader noted to the Iranian president a point that he underscored to US President Donald Trump during their recent meeting in Davos.
El-Sisi stressed that Egypt urges the concerned parties uphold the value of dialogue to overcome differences and reach a comprehensive resolution to the conflict.
On Friday, Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said that Tehran was ready for dialogue to ease tensions with Washington.
On Saturday, a day after the Kremlin said he held talks in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ali Larijani, head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, "Contrary to the hype of the contrived media war, structural arrangements for negotiations are progressing."
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