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Add as preferred source on GoogleUK Foreign Minister David Lammy urges calm after Israel's strikes on Iran, advising against non-essential travel to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.
LONDON (Reuters) -British foreign minister David Lammy said on Friday he had spoken to his Iranian counterpart to urge calm after Israel launched a barrage of strikes against Iran, in what Lammy described as a "unilateral act".
"I spoke to my Iranian counterpart today to urge restraint at this time, and calm. I recognise that this is a moment of grave peril in the Middle East," he told Sky News.
In a later post on X, Lammy said the government was "advising British nationals to avoid all but essential travel to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories".
(Reporting by Elizabeth PiperEditing by Gareth Jones)
David Lammy spoke with his Iranian counterpart to urge calm and restraint amid escalating tensions in the Middle East.
The UK government advised British nationals to avoid all but essential travel to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
David Lammy described the current situation in the Middle East as a moment of grave peril.
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