New York, June 14 (QNA) - UN Secretary General Antonito Guterres expressed his full support for Kuwait's efforts to deescalate tension and promote an effective dialogue, his spokesman said on Wednesday.

UN Spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the Secretary General has been following the crisis in the Gulf region closely.

Due to his conviction on the importance of a regional solution, Dujarric confirmed that Guterres spoke on Wednesday with Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, following a number

of other contacts, to express his full support for Kuwait's efforts to deescalate tension and promote an effective dialogue. (QNA)