Escalating tensions in Middle East could cause economic fallout, says PM

Unending tenacity: Displaced Palestinians attempting to return to their homes in the north from south Gaza yesterday. — Reuters

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has called on all parties to work towards achieving a cessation of hostilities in the Middle East and avoid further escalation of aggression.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that for a lasting solution, the ongoing violence must come to an end.