French Foreign Minister: all our acts in Middle East are aimed at reducing tensions

All of France's actions in the Middle East are aimed at reducing tensions in the region, said French Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Sejourne on Tuesday, as he held a joint news conference with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Sejourne declined to address the topic of the airstrike earlier this week on the Iranian embassy compound in Syria. Iran has blamed Israel for the attack, while Israel has not declared responsibility for it.

Sejourne said the danger of an escalation in regional violence in the Middle East was the responsibility of certain actors in Syria, Lebanon and Yemen.