Abdelatty spoke separately by phone with Araghchi and Witkoff, as well as officials from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Pakistan, and Turkey, according to Egypt’s foreign ministry.
The discussions focused on proposals under consideration to sustain a ceasefire agreed on 7 April and extended by US President Donald Trump and prevent further escalation, Abdelatty said, stressing the need to stick to negotiations to ease tensions and move towards ending the war.
He also raised concerns about threats to shipping, warning of the impact any disruption to freedom of navigation could have on global trade and supply chains.
Abdelatty said political solutions and dialogue remained “the only and optimal path” to achieving regional stability, and called for respect for state sovereignty and the security concerns of countries in the region, particularly in the Gulf.
The calls come days after planned US-Iran talks in Pakistan were scrapped when President Donald Trump ordered his envoys not to travel to Islamabad.
Araghchi, who travelled on to Moscow after stops in Pakistan and Oman, blamed Washington for the failure of those talks. He met Russian President Vladimir Putin as part of ongoing diplomatic efforts.
Since the outbreak of the US-Israeli war on Iran on 28 February, Egypt and other regional actors have stepped up contacts aimed at halting the fighting and restarting negotiations.
Despite the cancelled Islamabad meeting, Iran has put forward a new proposal to the United States that would include reopening the Strait of Hormuz and ending the war, while deferring nuclear talks, according to US media reports cited by Iran’s IRNA news agency.
Trump was due to meet senior national security officials to discuss the proposal, the White House said, without giving details.
Iranian officials have also outlined “red lines” to be conveyed through intermediaries, including issues related to its nuclear programme and the Strait of Hormuz.
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