Reactions from around the world continue in connection with the US attacks on Iranian nuclear sites yesterday, world agencies reported, quoted by BTA.
China said that the US attacks damage the credibility of Washington and added that it was concerned that the situation “could get out of control“, Reuters reported.
Yesterday, the UN Security Council discussed the US strikes on Iran, and Russia, China and Pakistan proposed that the 15-member body adopt a resolution calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the Middle East.
China's permanent representative to the UN Fu Tsung urged the parties involved to refrain from "the impulse (to show) force, avoid escalating the conflict and adding fuel to the fire", Chinese state television reported.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, for his part, urged Iran not to take further actions that could destabilize the region.
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong this morning expressed Canberra's support for the US strikes and urged de-escalation and a return to diplomacy.
"We support the actions the US has taken to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon," Wong said in a television interview.
Australia closed its embassy in Tehran on Friday after Wong spoke with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Japan also called for de-escalation, stressing that that the US strikes showed Washington's determination to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
Tokyo also expressed "extreme regret" over the situation between Israel and Iran, whose exchange of retaliatory strikes against each other has escalated.
North Korea condemned the strikes against Iran and called them "a grave violation of the security interests and territorial rights of a sovereign state," Pyongyang media reported.