Kremlin warned today that the Middle East sinks into a “abyss of instability and war” and said that the Russia He is worried and still ready to mediate if necessary. The country that has caused one war wants to mediate to end another…
Russia, which has very close relations with Iran and also maintains a close connection to Israel, has appealed to the US not to hurt Iran and has called for a diplomatic solution to the crisis around Tehran’s nuclear program.
Answering a question today whether Russia has any red lines in terms of the situation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that countries in the region are the ones who should have their own red lines.
“The area sinks into abyss of instability and war”, said Peskov. “This war is full of (from the risk) of geographical spread and unforeseen consequences. This area is at our borders. It is potentially dangerous to us and we are worried.”
Although Russia has no borders with any country in the Middle East, the Northern Caucasus region borders a zone of former Soviet democracies that in turn bordered Iran and Turkey.
Peskov said Moscow observes that Israel wants to continue its military action against Iran for the time being, but said Russia has open lines of communication with Israel and the US.
He also stressed that it is difficult to predict whether Putin’s proposal to mediate the crisis would be accepted or not, but said Moscow is in favor of the end of the conflict and a movement towards diplomacy as soon as possible.
Kremlin spokesman said he could not predict whether Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with US President Donald Trump given how much the world has become.
The Kremlin has repeatedly said that Putin is open to a face -to -face encounter with Trump, but the process for such a settlement is complicated and first requires a long preparation at the expert level.
Trump and Putin had five telephone conversations this year, with the last Saturday, according to public statements on both sides.
Answering a question about the possibility of a meeting of the two leaders at some point this year, Peskov told reporters: “I wouldn’t dare to make such predictions.”
“We live in such a tumultuous world that it is impossible to make forecasts even for next week ‘, He said, apparently referring to the Israeli-Jran conflict.
After returning to the White House in January, Trump initially adopted a softer attitude towards Moscow, but has been disappointed in recent months as his attempt to put an end to the war in Ukraine has not had any effect so far.
Russia said Monday that the United States had canceled the next round of bilateral talks to remove friction between the two countries.
Peskov said today that Moscow is now in constant dialogue on a possible peaceful settlement for Ukraine, but a separate journey of talks to restore bilateral relations is complicated because so many problems have accumulated over the years.
He said that US diplomats want to connect two beams of negotiations, but Moscow believes that the removal of frictional points in bilateral relations will help efforts to make progress in Ukraine.
“We hope that in the predicted future we will reach an agreement on new dates (for a new round of bilateral talks),” Peskov said.