MOSCOW, February 9. /TASS/. The Middle East is a place where the interests of many countries collide, so the situation in the region is unlikely to improve soon, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the 15th Middle East Conference hosted by the Valdai International Discussion Club.
The Board of Peace, created at the initiative of US President Donald Trump, should address the underlying causes of the Middle East conflict, the top diplomat noted.
TASS has gathered the key statements the Russian foreign minister made.
"The Middle East is the heart of many global processes. Even many of the processes that originate on other continents spill over to the Middle East as the interests of countries collide. Unfortunately, I don’t think that the region will cool down soon at the current stage, despite the great number of initiatives that we all know about."
Numerous initiatives emerged right after the Arab Spring, when "the West decided in 2011 to tear to pieces the regimes it did not like." "Since then, we surely haven’t seen any trends that would reassure political scientists and those who genuinely seek to contribute to peace efforts."
