BERLIN: Germany and France on Wednesday called for de-escalation of the Middle East war with Germany’s top diplomat warning of a “crisis of the gravest order” if global supply chains continue to be disrupted.
“We must try to find a point where the military objectives (the United States and Israel) have set are achieved, and where we can then move toward de-escalation and a cessation of hostilities,” German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said.
Otherwise, the region and the whole world could be plunged into “a crisis of the gravest order,” Wadephul said.
“The supply of fertilizer from this region alone is so essential that a prolonged disruption would threaten a food crisis across large parts of Africa,” he added, also highlighting the “refugee flows” that a prolonged war could cause.
Speaking alongside Wadephul in Berlin, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot also called for “the swiftest possible de-escalation and a cessation of hostilities.”
