Russia: America is to blame for increasing tension in the Middle East

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Novosti” news agency, Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressed her opinion in a TV program last night that the escalation of the current crisis in the Middle East region is the result of the failure of another adventure by the United States government.

The diplomat emphasized that Washington officials have long promoted “unprecedented statements” that all UN Security Council resolutions are not binding. In fact, the United States, for its own ambitions, will do anything to enable Israel to refuse to comply with international law. Zakharova added: This policy of Washington has put the Middle East on the brink of a very serious crisis, a crisis that this region has not yet experienced in recent history.

She said: In my opinion, the current situation in the region is the result of another adventure by the United States of America, which has failed and led to the collapse of the unstable situation in the Middle East. The foreign ministry reminded that the Middle East has experienced more than one war, but so far such a “massive explosive situation” had never occurred in the region.

Zakharova from The Security Council asked to prevent the escalation of tension in the Middle East. Maria Zakharova stressed that the UN Security Council should take all necessary measures to prevent escalation of tension in the Middle East. “We really believe that under no circumstances should the situation be further escalated,” the diplomat said. And everything must be done so that the UN Security Council takes action.” which “do not allow the use of UN resources” is complicated and practically ineffective.

Ebrahim Raisi, the president of Iran, pointed out on Tuesday that these destructive actions of the United States, It was the United Nations and Western countries that forced Iran to retaliate against Israel.

Yesterday, the press office of the Kremlin announced that at the initiative of the Iranian side, President Vladimir Putin The President of Russia had a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart, Ebrahim Raisi, and the heads of the two countries discussed in detail the escalation of the situation in the Middle East after Israel’s air attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus and Iran’s retaliatory attack.

According to this information, Putin expressed hope that the parties involved would show more self-control and not allow a new round of confrontation to begin, the consequences of which would be disastrous for the entire region. Raisi, in his turn, emphasized that Tehran has no intention of increasing tension in the region and that Iran’s actions were forced and limited.

Presidents of Russia and Iran confirmed They said that the main reason for the complexity of the situation is the lack of resolution of the long-standing conflict between Palestine and Israel. In addition, the two sides emphasized that the principled approaches of Russia and Iran in favor of an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, providing more humanitarian aid to its people, and creating conditions for a diplomatic solution to the crisis, coincide with each other.

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