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Russian FM tells UAE counterpart ‘to focus on supporting’ US-Iran talks
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In this photo released by Emirates News Agency, WAM, UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, right, shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, November 3, 2022. (Emirates News Agency via AP)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov tells his United Arab Emirates counterpart that US-Iran talks need to be supported to prevent a resumption of hostilities in the Middle East.
“The Russian side emphasized the need to focus on supporting the ongoing negotiations between Iran and the USA,” a foreign ministry statement says of Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
The statement says Russia doesn’t want “to jeopardize the prospects for stabilization by resuming hostilities.”
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