UN official calls for "genuine dialogue" to avoid confrontation in Middle East

 

Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations Riyad Mansour, Iraqi Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mohammed Hussein Bahr Aluloom and Syrian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Bashar Jaafari (from R to L, front) attend a Security Council meeting on challenges to peace and security in the Middle East, at the UN headquarters in New York, on Aug. 20, 2019. A United Nations official on Tuesday called for "restraint and genuine dialogue" to avoid major confrontation in the Middle East. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)