Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has urged his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump to take "urgent action" to prevent the Iran-Israel conflict from enflaming the entire region.
Erdoğan's request came Sunday in a second phone call with the U.S. president in as many days, discussing the ongoing conflict between Israel and Tehran.
He also lauded Trump's recent statement on a likely solution to the crisis.
"President Erdoğan hailed the recent comments by U.S. President Trump concerning a resolution of the conflict between Israel and Iran ... and stressed that urgent action is needed to prevent a catastrophe that could enflame the whole region," the Turkish presidency said in a statement.
The Turkish leader also told Trump that Ankara was ready to play a facilitator role to resolve the nuclear dispute that led to the conflict between Israel and Iran, the statement added.
