Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araqchi the possibility of reaching a diplomatic settlement to the escalation in the Middle East.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the two ministers discussed in detail the most difficult military and political crisis in the Middle East and exchanged views on the prospects of turning the conflict into a path of political and diplomatic settlement based on international law and taking into account the legitimate interests of all countries in the region.