Joint Press Statement by the Permanent Representatives of the
United States, Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium,
Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Ecuador,
Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New
Zealand, Norway, Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Papua New
Guinea, Poland, Portugal, the...Request free trial
Joint Press Statement by the Permanent Representatives of
the United States, Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria,
Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark,
Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Federated States of Micronesia,
Palau, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea,
Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, and the
United Kingdom.
"We unequivocally condemn the April 13 attacks by the Islamic
Republic of Iran and its militant partners on the State of
Israel, which involved launching several hundred ballistic
missiles, cruise missiles and attack drones against multiple
targets, and note this large-scale attack could have caused
significant damage and loss of life.
We further condemn the fact that the weapons launched at Israel
violated the airspace of several regional states, putting at risk
the lives of innocent people in those countries, and appeared to
traverse airspace near holy sites in Jerusalem.
We welcome the efforts to avert a further immediate escalation of
violence in the region, following the successful coordinated
efforts to defend against Iran's attack.
We condemn Iran's unlawful seizure of a Portuguese-flagged
commercial ship near the Strait of Hormuz on April 13 and call on
Iran to release the ship and its international crew immediately.
We note that Iran's escalatory attack is the latest in a pattern
of dangerous and destabilizing actions by Iran and its militant
partners that pose a grave threat to international peace and
security.
We call on all regional parties to take steps to avert further
escalation of the situation and demand that all Council
resolutions be fully implemented. We will strengthen our
diplomatic cooperation to work toward resolving all tensions in
the region."
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