Iran, Russia Share Views on Crisis in Gaza: FMs
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The foreign ministers of Iran and Russia stressed the two countries’ similar views on the need for an end to the war on the Gaza Strip.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Friday held talks on the phone over the latest developments in Palestine and Gaza as well as some .bilateral and regional issues.
The Iranian top diplomat warned of the possibility of the conflict in Gaza expanding in the region.
Amirabdollahian underlined the need for international efforts to stop the war and the crimes of the Zionist regime in Gaza and the West Bank, the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s website reported.
The Russian foreign minister, for his part, referred to the joint views of his country and the Islamic Republic of Iran regarding the Palestinian crisis and the special situation of Gaza.
Lavrov said the Russian government is worried that the war will expand and the situation will spiral out of control.
The two top diplomats exchanged views over a draft resolution proposed by Brazil at the UN Security Council and its content.
They also held talks over bilateral ties between Tehran and Moscow and underlined the necessity of expanding the relations.
Amirabdollahian and Lavrov also described an upcoming meeting of the prime ministers of the Caspian Sea littoral states as important.
Earlier on Friday, Amirabdollahian held separate phone talks with Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Faisal Mekdad and Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani.
On Friday, the 28th day of Israel’s genocidal air attacks on the Gaza Strip, the death toll was at least 9,227 people, including 3,826 children and more than 2,405 women. At least 23,516 people have been wounded.
The regime launched the war on October 7 after Gaza’s resistance groups conducted Operation al-Aqsa Storm, their biggest operation against the occupying entity in years.