
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Arab League Secretary General Nabil Fahmy discussed the Persian Gulf crisis and broader Middle East tensions on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, focusing on US-Israeli actions against Iran and crises in Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria.
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The discussion took place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, focusing on Middle East tensions, particularly the Persian Gulf crisis attributed to US-Israeli aggression against Iran, alongside ongoing conflicts in Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria.
MOSCOW, September 24. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed the current situation in the Persian Gulf with Arab League Secretary General Nabil Fahmy.
"The sides held a detailed discussion of the current Middle East agenda, focusing on the explosive situation in the Persian Gulf caused by US-Israeli aggression against Iran. The crisis situations in the area of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Lebanon and Syria were also discussed," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement following their talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
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