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UN chief calls for continued talks to end the Middle Eastern conflict [SOUND]

# United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, says there is no military solution to the Middle Eastern conflict, and the US and Iran must continue negotiating for an agreement. Marathon discussions hosted by Pakistan in Islamabad over the weekend ended in a stalemate. UN spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, says Guterres has also stressed that all parties to the conflict must respect freedom of navigation, including in the Strait of Hormuz, in line with international law:

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