Palestinian-Israeli conflict may escalate into regional one, Lavrov says
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict may escalate into a region-wide one, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Thursday.
“As for the Gaza Strip, the risk of this crisis escalating into a region-wide conflict is quite serious,” Sputnik quoted Lavrov as telling reporters.
“We are observing attempts to blame everything on Iran and we consider them quite provocative. The Iranian leadership, I believe, takes a fairly responsible, balanced position and is calling for preventing this conflict from spreading to the entire region and neighboring countries,” Lavrov said.
Russia and Turkiye are in contact on the situation in the Middle East, Sergey Lavrov added.