Lavrov: Russia views establishment of US embassy in Jerusalem negatively
Moscow views the establishment of the US embassy in Jerusalem negatively for it is a revision of international agreements, Russia’s Acting Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday, according to TASS agency.
To note, the status of Jerusalem is one of the key issues concerning the Israel-Palestine conflict. The opening ceremony of the new US embassy took place on Monday, following the December 2017 decision by the US President Donald Trump to move the country’s embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
"As for the establishment of the US embassy in Jerusalem, we have many times expressed our negative view of this decision," Lavrov told a press conference following consultations between the foreign and defense ministers of Russia and Egypt. "We are confident that agreements enshrined in the global community’s decisions should be unilaterally revised in such a way," he added.