The Kremlin seeks to take advantage of the conflict in the Middle East to promote Russian-dominated international structures, including those for an alternative "Eurasian security architecture”. This is said in a new report by the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW), reports RBC-Ukraine.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov condemned the Israel Defense Forces' ground operation in southern Lebanon during a meeting with the Lebanese ambassador in Moscow on October 1. He emphasized that Russia opposes "Israeli political murders”.
Russia's ambassador to Israel, Anatoly Viktorov, called for an immediate end to the conflict in the Middle East, and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with ambassadors of Arab countries and called for an immediate end to military operations in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict zone.
"The Kremlin may seek to take advantage of the conflict in the Middle East to develop Russian-dominated international structures, including some linked to Moscow's efforts to create an alternative "Eurasian security architecture," said the ISW report .
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on October 2 that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas had accepted Moscow's invitation to attend the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 22-24, and that the participants would discuss the situation in the Middle East.< /p>
ISW: Kremlin is using conflict in the Middle East to expand its influence
Russia's ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov called for an immediate end to the conflict in the Middle East, and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Arab ambassadors and called for end of military operations
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