Tajani summons G7 ministers to 'stop escalation'

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 4 - Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Sunday afternoon summoned an online meeting of G7 foreign ministers.
    Tajani is the group's coordinator and has urged colleagues to discuss at a very delicate time for the military crisis in the Middle East.
    According to well-informed sources, Tajani was set to ask counterparts for an update, in particular US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
    The idea is to agree on political and diplomatic actions that could avoid a more generalized military clash across the whole region, the sources said.
    On Saturday, Tajani had asked the foreign ministry's secretary general, Ambassador Riccardo Guariglia, to convey his call to the leadership and all authorities of Iran against an escalation. (ANSA).