The Kremlin on Monday mentioned Moscow is able to do every thing essential to remove the “root causes” of the disaster within the Middle East, as US President Donald Trump mentioned he could be “open” to mediation by his Russian counterpart.
“Russia remains ready to do whatever is necessary to eliminate the root causes of this crisis. The situation has escalated more than seriously,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov instructed journalists in a briefing, reaffirming Moscow’s readiness to supply its mediation to resolve the escalating battle between Israel and Iran “if necessary.”
Peskov’s remarks come a day after Trump instructed ABC News that he could be “open” to Russian President Vladimir Putin being a mediator within the battle that started early Friday with Israel’s strikes on Iranian nuclear and navy services.
Putin expressed Russia’s readiness to mediate between Tel Aviv and Tehran amid separate telephone calls on the identical day with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Indicating Moscow maintains contacts with each international locations and drawing consideration to the necessity to keep away from actions that will threaten the lives of Russian residents, Peskov mentioned: “We condemn the actions that have led to such a dangerous escalation of tensions.”
He additional mentioned that some Russian residents have already been evacuated from Iran through Azerbaijan, and that the Kremlin has seen Netanyahu’s Sunday remarks to Fox News {that a} regime change in Iran could possibly be a results of Israel’s assaults.
“We are noting a significant consolidation of society in Iran against the backdrop of the bombings carried out by the Israeli side,” Peskov went on to say.
The spokesman additionally mentioned Moscow’s proposal to retailer Iranian uranium in Russia “remains on the table,” however that the beginning of the current Iran-Israel battle has made the scenario surrounding Tehran’s nuclear program “seriously complicated.”
Regional tensions have escalated since Friday when Israel launched coordinated airstrikes on a number of websites throughout Iran, together with navy and nuclear services, prompting Tehran to launch retaliatory strikes.
Israeli authorities mentioned that a minimum of 24 individuals have been killed and tons of injured in Iranian missile assaults since Friday.
Iran, for its half, mentioned that a minimum of 224 individuals have been killed and over 1,000 others wounded within the Israeli assault.
Source: www.anews.com.tr