TEL AVIV: France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Friday he did not see an obvious end to the conflict in the Middle East in the short-term, but that France and its allies would continue to work toward trying to find a lasting solution. “There is no obvious short-term way out of the ongoing regional escalation, which has in some ways been unfolding since October 7, 2023. But this must in no way serve as a pretext for inaction,” Barrot told reporters after meeting with Israeli counterpart Gideon Saar in Tel Aviv.

On a visit to Israel on Friday, Jean-Noël Barrot also repeated a European call for a moratorium on strikes against energy infrastructure after an Israeli bombardment of Iran's key…

TEL AVIV: France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Friday he did not see an obvious end to the conflict in the Middle East in the short-term, but that France and its…