Fact-check: “The UN Secretary-General called this week for talks to solve the conflict in the Gulf and Red Sea”
Verdict: True (97% confidence)
Multiple independent primary sources — including Xinhua, The Business Standard, and UN press briefing records — document that UN Secretary-General António Guterres on August 12, 2026 called for dialogue and negotiations to achieve a comprehensive and durable settlement of the conflicts in the Gulf and the Red Sea, with UN Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq stating the Secretary-General 'remains convinced that a comprehensive and durable settlement can only be reached through dialogue and negotiations.…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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