Russia expressed its concerns about ‘dangerous escalation’ in the Middle East region after the Iranian air attack on Israel and called on the parties to “act with restraint.”
“We call on all parties involved to exercise restraint. We hope that the states of the region will solve existing problems through political and diplomatic means,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in an official statement.
The statement, however, said that “according to the Iranian Foreign Ministry, the attack (against Israel) was carried out within the framework of their right to self-defense in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter in response to attacks on Iranian targets in the region, including the attack on the Iranian Embassy building in Damascus on April 1, which our country strongly condemned.”
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Moscow expressed its “great concern” about events in the region and stressed that he warned of rising tensions if a solution is not found to the “numerous crises in the Middle East, mainly in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone.”
There was an Iranian attack on Israel, during which, according to Tel Aviv, more than 300 drones, ballistic and cruise missiles were used. two weeks after the bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus, in which several members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard were killed and for which Tehran blames Israel.
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According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, due to the position of its Western members, The UN Security Council failed to “respond adequately” to an attack on the Iranian consulate.”
Last Thursday the Kremlin had call for containment of Iran and Israel amid information about Tehran’s imminent response to the attack on its consulate.
“Now it is very important that Everyone is acting with restraint so as not to completely destabilize the situation in the region. “Which in itself is neither stable nor predictable,” said Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov.
Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev had warned a few days earlier that a Tel Aviv attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus could will lead to an “uncontrollable escalation of tensions.”
(according to information from EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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