GENEVA: The Middle East war risks becoming unpredictable in terms of its duration and outcome, Switzerland’s foreign minister said in an interview published Saturday.
The conflict is further complicating the situation in the region, Ignazio Cassis told Le Temps newspaper.
“If the goal was to resolve everything with an operation like the one in Venezuela, that hasn’t been achieved,” he said.
“And we risk getting involved in a war whose duration, intensity, and outcome are difficult to predict. There’s also the escalation of the conflict across the entire region, the Middle East. This is precisely what Switzerland has always sought to avoid.”
For decades, militarily neutral Switzerland has played a key role in maintaining basic diplomatic contacts between Iran and the United States.
