MOSCOW, June 1. /TASS/. Russia is counting on ongoing dialogue between the United States and Iran to reach a comprehensive agreement, Deputy Foreign Minister Georgy Borisenko said.
"We welcomed the truce between the United States and Iran, which began on April 8 and was backed by Israel. It is important that it continues, despite isolated incidents. We anticipate the continuation of dialogue between the Americans and Iranians to reach a final agreement," he said at the sixth Russia – Middle East International Expert Forum, organized by the Evgeny Primakov Center for International Cooperation together with the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Borisenko said that "from the outset of the conflict, Russia called for the elimination of its root causes – that is, for the immediate cessation of the military aggression initiated by the United States and Israel, emphasizing that there was no alternative to a full-fledged political and diplomatic process to resolve the existing differences while safeguarding the interests of all states and regions, without exception," and "reiterates this position both bilaterally with American and Middle Eastern partners at a high level and at the UN Security Council."
