The Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia and Egypt discussed efforts to reduce tensions in the region Egypt's Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Wednesday, November 6, in which it announced that the country's Foreign Minister, Badr Abdel Ati, had a telephone conversation with his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, to discuss ways to contain the current crisis in the region. The ministry warned that the possibility of an escalation of tensions in the region has risen in recent times. On Monday, the Egyptian parliament approved the plan to send military forces to Saudi Arabia to counter Houthi attacks in Yemen. A spokesman for the Houthi rebels supported by the Islamic Republic of Iran described this action as a declaration of war on Egypt.

The Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia and Egypt discussed efforts to reduce tensions in the region Egypt's Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Wednesday, November 6, in which it announced that the country's Foreign Minister, Badr Abdel Ati, had a telephone conversation with his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, to discuss ways to contain the current crisis in the region. The ministry warned that the possibility of an escalation of tensions in the region has risen in recent times. On Monday, the Egyptian parliament approved the plan to send military forces to Saudi Arabia to counter Houthi attacks in Yemen. A spokesman for the Houthi rebels supported by the Islamic Republic of Iran described this action as a declaration of war on Egypt.