Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov told the Cairo Peace Summit: “Russian diplomacy is making intensive efforts to de-escalate the situation. Russian President Vladimir Putin held telephone talks with the leaders of Arab nations, Iran and Israel. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has sent urgent messages to his regional counterparts,” reported TASS.
He added: “Obviously, it is impossible to resolve the Palestinian problem with palliative measures, material incentives, and ideas of economic peace,” he continued. “Likewise, it is impossible to freeze the conflict in a low-intensity mode. The parties must break the vicious cycle of violence, give up unilateral steps, including the takeover of Palestinian lands for settlements, as well as the undermining of the status of Jerusalem’s shrines.”
