Iranian and Russian FMs speak on the phone

Iranian Foreign Minister and his Russian counterpart have discussed bilateral ties and regional issues including the latest developments regarding the Israeli war on Gaza and in the West Bank during a telephone conversation.

 

 

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov have discussed bilateral ties and regional issues including the latest developments regarding the Israeli war on Gaza and in the West Bank during a telephone conversation.

 

Amirabdollahian pointed to the recent meeting between the Iranian and Russian presidents in Moscow and the issues of bilateral cooperation, noting the importance of continued consultations and contacts between the high-ranking officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation.

 

The top Iranian diplomat expressed regret over the US veto of a UN Security Council resolution that demanded an end to attacks and crimes by the Israeli regime against civilians in Gaza.

He said the move gave the green light to the Zionist regime to continue its genocidal war against the residents of Gaza. Amirabdollahian underlined the necessity of taking immediate action to stop war crimes by the Zionist regime and to get more humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.

 

During the telephone conversation, the Russian foreign minister also described the meeting between Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as highly significant.

 

Lavrov expressed satisfaction with the trend of cooperation between the two sides under the current circumstances in the occupied Palestinian territories.

He underscored the need to continue international efforts toward achieving a ceasefire in Gaza, increasing the dispatch of humanitarian aid to the territory, and forming an independent Palestinian state.