Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani stressed: "Stopping the escalation in the region depends on stopping the aggression on Gaza and deterring and curbing Netanyahu and his government." The Prime Minister's Media Office stated in a statement: "Al-Sudani received a phone call today, Sunday, from US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, during which they discussed the latest developments in regional and international situations, Iraq's role in supporting international peace and stability, and preventing current events from continuing in the path of escalation. The Prime Minister stressed to Minister Blinken, according to a statement from his office: "Preventing escalation in the region depends only on stopping the aggression on Gaza, and its expansion to Lebanon, deterring and curbing Netanyahu and his government, preventing the Zionist occupation authorities from attacking the countries of the region, ending its repeated violations of international law and state sovereignty, and its attempts to spread the co nflict and expand the scope of crises." For his part, the US Secretary of State expressed the desire of the United States and the US administration for Iraq to play a role in controlling the situation in the region, and preventing escalation from various parties, in continuation of Iraq's efforts to support regional stability and regional peace. Source: National Iraqi News Agency