Vladimir Putin offers to mediate the conflict between Israel and Iran, following a telephone discussion with Benjamin Netanyahu
Russia's President Vladimir Putin, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, carried a telephone call on Friday, June 13, in which the Kremlin leader expressed the availability to provide mediation services in the Israeli-Iranian conflict.
Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu Photo: EPA EFE
“The importance of returning to the negotiation process and solving all the problems related to the Iranian nuclear program, exclusively by political and diplomatic means, was emphasized.”, It is shown in a Kremlin statement, reports the official TASS agency, quoted by News.ro.
According to the Kremlin, “The availability to provide mediation services was expressed to prevent streams of stresses”.
Previously, the office of the Israeli Prime Minister informed that Netanyahu intends to discuss with Putin about the situation around the attacks on Iran.
Vladimir Putin also discussed Masoud Pezeshkian, president of Iran. In a statement for Reuters, the Kremlin showed that Putin told Masoud Pezeshkian, the president of Iran, that Russia “condemns the actions of Israel taken by violating the UN“And he expressed his condolences for those killed.
Russia will continue to communicate closely with Iran and Israel to avoid the adverse consequences of their conflict for the whole Middle East, the Kremlin's press service said with Putin's conversations with Masoud Pezeshkian and Benjamin Netanyahu.
“The Russian side will continue to communicate closely with the leaders of Iran and Israel, in order to solve the current situation full of extremely serious consequences for the entire region.“said the Kremlin, according to Tass.
The Kremlin's statement states that Russia will remain in close contact with both Iran and Israel.
On the night of June 13, Israel began the operation called “Wake up” (“Rising Lion”), directed against the Iranian nuclear program. The army of Israel has informed that 200 fighter jets have attacked over 100 targets on the territory of Iran, including nuclear goals. Netanyahu warned that the attacks would continue.
The supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamena, said that Israel's actions will not remain unanswered. Following the military attacks, several senior Iranian military commanders died.
Iran launched, on Friday night, “hundreds of various ballistic missiles” to Israel. “A few moments ago, with the launch of hundreds of various ballistic missiles to the occupied territories, the decisive response operation began to the wild attack of the Zionist regime“, Irna, Iran's official press agency, reported.
