Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversations with Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi and with Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran Abbas Araghchi

Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi:

On April 5, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a telephone conversation with Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi.

The ministers discussed the situation in the Persian Gulf, as well as the international efforts to end the confrontation in this important region as soon as possible and launch a political and diplomatic dialogue.

In this context, ways to strengthen Russian-Chinese cooperation across international platforms and, above all, at the United Nations were discussed. The ministers expressed satisfaction with Russia and China’s converging approaches on most issues on the global agenda, including the situation around Iran related to the unprovoked aggression by the United States and Israel against that country.

The parties  agreed to continue close coordination on the entire range of issues of mutual interest on the UN Security Council agenda, including through the permanent missions of Russia and China to the United Nations in New York.

Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran Abbas Araghchi:

On April 5, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a telephone conversation with Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran Abbas Araghchi, at the latter’s initiative.

On behalf of Russia, Sergey Lavrov expressed hope that efforts taken by certain countries to de-escalate tensions around Iran would succeed for the sake of a lasting and sustainable normalisation of the situation in the Middle East, whereby the United States’ abandoning the language of ultimatums and returning to negotiations would be instrumental.

The ministers spoke out against any actions, including within the UN Security Council, that could undermine the remaining chances for promoting political and diplomatic efforts to settle the crisis.

Both sides stressed the importance of immediately ceasing the reckless and illegal attacks on civilian, industrial, and energy infrastructure, including the Bushehr NPP, which operates under the IAEA safeguards. They also noted that it was unacceptable to create threats to the lives and health of the power plant’s workers, or risks of a radioactive disaster for the entire region.

Sergey Lavrov offered his condolences following the death of the plant’s Iranian worker.

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