Russia Condemns US Plans to Monitor Iran’s Land Trade as Threat to Caspian Sea

According to the International Desk of Webangah News Agency, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova announced on Wednesday that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will attend a security conference in Abu Dhabi from November 13th to 14th. The conference will address the situations surrounding Ukraine and the Persian Gulf.

Zakharova also added that the Russian Foreign Minister will lead his country’s delegation at the East Asia Summit in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, on November 17th.

Regarding the United States’ plans, she stated, “The U.S. plans to form a special force to monitor and block Iran’s land trade are considered a threat to transportation routes in the Caspian Sea region. The area of responsibility for this new unit of the U.S. Department of Defense (War) includes transportation routes in the Caspian Sea. This constitutes a clear threat against the rights and interests of sovereign coastal states in the Caspian Sea. In this regard, we emphasize that ensuring security in the Caspian Sea region is an internal issue for the five Caspian coastal countries.”

The spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry also commented on the situation in Gaza, saying, “Moscow calls on Israel to take immediate action to prevent the deterioration of the situation in Gaza and to restore access to humanitarian aid.”

Zakharova also advised Russian citizens to refrain from traveling to Poland.