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Russian, UAE foreign ministers seek end to attacks on Iran, Gulf states — Russian ministry
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates call for an end to all attacks on both Iran and Gulf states and say renewed diplomacy is needed to ensure long-term regional security, according to the Kremlin.
“Attention focused on the necessity of stopping attacks that lead to casualties among the civilian population and cause damage to civilian infrastructure both in the Arab countries of the … Gulf and in Iran,” Lavrov’s ministry said of his telephone conversation with Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed.
The UAE has maintained good relations with both Russia and Ukraine during their four-year-old war and acted as an intermediary in holding talks and arranging exchanges of prisoners of war. Russia is an ally of Iran.
The Times of Israel Community.