The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, communicates the following:

“This morning, a telephone conversation took place between His Excellency Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations, and His Excellency Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, at the request of the latter. In the conversation, Archbishop Gallagher expressed the Holy See’s serious concern about what is happening in Israel and Palestine, reiterating the absolute need to avoid widening the conflict and to reach a two-State solution for stable and lasting peace in the Middle East.”