Russia to Israel: refrain from military action

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Tass” news agency, Vasily Nebenzia, Russia’s permanent representative to the United Nations, this morning, Monday, in a conversation with reporters after the meeting of the Security Council, which he convened in order to investigate Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel, announced that the official documents are not yet known. It is being prepared for approval in connection with Iran’s attack on Saturday night. This diplomat said: “Currently, I am not aware of the existence of such a (document).” The situation in the Middle East cannot be aggravated more than this. He explained: “We have paid attention to Tehran’s signal that it does not want to escalate the conflict with Israel and cause the situation in the region to deteriorate. Therefore, we also strongly request the Israeli authorities to follow Iran’s example and stop any kind of provocative military action in the Middle East.” said that Israel’s sharp response can have dangerous consequences and will affect the entire Middle East region. Referring to the “hypocrisy and double standards of the West” towards the countries of the Middle East, it was recalled: in international law, an attack on the diplomatic representation of a country is actually an official reason for starting a war.

Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Iran’s foreign minister about the situation in the Middle East

In addition, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced It was reported that Sergei Lavrov, the head of the diplomatic service of this country, discussed the situation in the Middle East with Hossein Amirabdollahian, his Iranian counterpart, on Sunday evening. In this telephone conversation, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran accused Lavrov of Tehran’s retaliatory response to the April 1 airstrike by the Zionist regime on the consular section of the country’s embassy in Damascus.

The two sides agreed that the further escalation of the situation in the region and new dangerous provocative actions could lead to an increase in tension in the entire Middle East region and prevent such A scenario that should be given special attention by the UN Security Council.

The Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Russia and Iran also stressed the need for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, as well as solving the humanitarian problems of the residents. They emphasized this region and the creation of appropriate and fair conditions for direct negotiations between the parties based on UN resolutions on a two-state solution for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

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