The Foreign Ministers of Egypt and Jordan stressed the necessity of stopping the Israeli aggression on Lebanon immediately, and warned of the disastrous consequences of the continuation of this aggression on regional and international security and peace. Egyptian Minister Badr Abdel Aati and Jordanian Ayman Safadi stressed in a phone call on Thursday, in the context of the ongoing coordination and consultation process between the two countries, that "the Israeli aggression on Gaza and Lebanon, and the illegitimate Israeli escalation steps in the West Bank are pushing the region towards the abyss of a comprehensive regional war." The two Ministers stressed, according to a statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, "the necessity of stopping the aggression on Gaza and Lebanon and the escalation in the West Bank immediately, and they also affirmed Egypt and Jordan's absolute support for Lebanon, its security, sovereignty and the safety of its citizens, and condemned the Israeli aggression on Lebanon, the bomb ing of its capital and the killing of its citizens." They stressed "the need to support the efforts of the Lebanese state in fully implementing Security Council Resolution 1701 and redeploying the Lebanese army forces in the south, affirming the two countries' support for Lebanon's efforts to elect a new president, and to activate, protect and empower the Lebanese state institutions." Abdel Ati and Safadi called for "the need to provide humanitarian aid to Lebanon in light of the internal displacement of more than one million Lebanese as a result of the Israeli aggression." The two Ministers stressed "the need for the Security Council to assume its responsibilities in protecting security and peace, and obligating Israel to respect international law and international humanitarian law, and to stop its aggression against Gaza and Lebanon." Source: National Iraqi News Agency