In a telephone conversation on Monday, Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov talked about the bilateral ties and regional issues, including the latest developments regarding the Israeli war on Gaza.
Amirabdollahian pointed to a recent meeting between the Iranian and Russian presidents in Moscow and the issues of bilateral cooperation, noting the importance of continued consultations and contacts between the high-ranking officials of the two nations.
The top Iranian diplomat also slammed the US’ veto of a UN Security Council resolution that demanded an end to attacks and crimes by the Israeli regime against civilians in Gaza. He said the move gave the green light to the Zionist regime to continue its genocidal war against the residents of Gaza, the Foreign Ministry’s website reported.
Amirabdollahian also underlined the necessity of taking immediate action to stop the war crimes by the Zionist regime and to get more humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
For his part, Lavrov expressed satisfaction with the trend of cooperation between Russia and Iran under the current circumstances in the occupied Palestinian territories.
He underscored the need to continue international efforts toward achieving a ceasefire in Gaza, increasing the dispatch of humanitarian aid to the territory, and forming an independent Palestinian state.