Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned America’s top general during a meeting of the dangers of a major conflict in Lebanon, Reuters reports.

US Air Force General CQ Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Egypt hours after a significant missile exchange between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah.

In a statement, Sisi’s office said the Egyptian leader told Brown that the international community needed to “exert all efforts and intensify pressures to defuse tension and stop the state of escalation that threatens the security and stability of the entire region.”

“[Sisi warned] in this regard of the dangers of opening a new front in Lebanon, and stressing the need to preserve Lebanon’s stability and sovereignty,” the statement read.

Brown did not make public remarks during his visit, on which he also met the defence minister and the country’s chief of defence.

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