Speaking to “Esimene stuudio,” Vseviov said: “This is a war — there’s no doubt about it. Wars create worries because they are uncertain and unpredictable – we never know for sure how a war will unfold and, more importantly, how it will end. It is the end of a war which shapes the future. Not only why it began or what happened during it. At the start of a war, no one knows how it will end — if they did, wars would not happen.”

The already fragile situation in the region is concerning, with the added risk of escalation.

“It is concerning that in such a volatile region as the Middle East, entangled in multifaceted crises, what we now have is something that can be clearly called a war. We are, of course, also concerned that escalation could continue — it could spread both horizontally and vertically, pull in other states, intensify, and we are concerned about what will become of Middle East security in the long term. Here there is no doubt that Iran has not only supported but also caused much of this instability in the region, but the new order that follows the end of the war must ensure security for the whole region more solidly and convincingly than the previous one. Whether that will be achieved, no one knows,” the foreign ministry secretary general went on.

Vseviov also noted Israeli citizens are continuing their lives surprisingly calmly amid Iran’s missile strikes.

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