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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, March 10 (Xinhua) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held a telephone conversation on Tuesday to discuss the situation in the Middle East following the outbreak of US and Israeli military action against Iran, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported.
"The exchange of views on the evolving situation in the Middle East, which has sharply deteriorated as a result of the unprovoked aggression of the United States and Israel against Iran, continued," according to a media release published on the Russian Foreign Ministry's website.
As noted, the Russian side once again advocated for a speedy de-escalation and expressed its readiness to facilitate a political and diplomatic settlement. "S. Lavrov reiterated his principled position in favor of a speedy de-escalation and returning the situation to a political and diplomatic settlement, which the Russian side remains committed to facilitating, while taking into account the security interests of Iran and its neighbors in the region," the statement emphasized.
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