Muscat: A series of phone calls continued between Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, Foreign Minister, and a number of counterparts across the region and the globe. The phone calls come as part of the ongoing diplomatic efforts to contain the dangerous military escalation and tensions in the region, triggered by Israel's direct attacks on Iranian territory since the early hours of Friday morning. According to Oman News Agency, over these calls, Sayyid Badr underscored the importance of halting the aggression and deterring the aggressor through peaceful means, based on international law and justice, in order to prevent further bloodshed, destruction, and loss of life, and to safeguard the security, stability, and the supreme interests of the region and its peoples.