sexta-feira, 11 de maio de 2018

UK and Israel want Russia to prevent further attacks from Iran

Presidente Vladimir Putin da Rússia (R) se reúne com presidente do Irã, Hassan Rohani, à margem da Assembleia Geral das Nações Unidas, em Nova York, 28 de setembro de 2015

British Prime Minister Theresa May and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Russia should use its influence in Syria to prevent further attacks by Iran in the Middle East, a government spokesman said. by way of a statement.

Earlier today, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said its warplanes had attacked Iranian positions in Syria overnight, an attack that would have fired dozens of rockets into Syrian territory in response to Iranian attacks on Syria. FDI.

"They agreed that it is vital for the international community to work together to contain Iran's destabilizing regional activity and that Russia should use its influence in Syria to prevent further Iranian attacks," the spokesman said after talks between Theresa May and Benjamin Netanyahu.

The spokesman added that May had condemned the Iranian attacks against the IDF and supported Israel's right to protect itself "against Iranian aggression."

This is not the first statement from UK officials calling on Russia to use its influence over Syria to prevent escalating violence.

Other declarations of the kind were made by Foreign Minister Boris Johnson and also by the UK's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Jonathan Allen.

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