Greece will urge the EU to provide medical treatment to injured Lebanese citizens, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis told his Lebanese counterpart at a meeting in New York, Reuters reports according to the Greek foreign ministry.

Gerapetritis told Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib that Greece was concerned about the Middle East crisis and the risk of its further expansion, the Greek ministry said in a statement. “It is absolutely necessary to stop the vicious cycle of violence and confrontation,” it said.

Greece will try to mobilise Europe to provide “centrally and at a European level medical aid to Lebanese citizens who have been injured and are in need of treatment”.