Lavrov and Abdollahian touched upon the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hossein Amir Abdollahian had a telephone conversation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov. According to "Detq", this is reported by the Iranian state news agency "IRNA".

It is reported that the parties discussed the current situation in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone. The foreign ministers of Iran and Russia expressed their concern regarding the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and the ongoing escalation.

"During the telephone conversation, the importance of immediate cessation of fire and providing urgent assistance to the affected civilian population, as well as the mobilization of the authority of the United Nations for this purpose," the message states.

Abdollahian and Lavrov also touched on issues related to the development of the results of the negotiations between the presidents of the two countries held in Moscow on December 7. An agreement was reached to speed up the work of agreeing a new, "big" interstate treaty.

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In recent years, the Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic of Iran have been closely cooperating and deepening bilateral relations in a number of fields. The parties have a similar position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and support the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.