Hello and welcome to the details of Putin, Xi ‘strongly condemn’ Israeli strikes on Iran, stress diplomacy over force and now with the details
Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping today strongly condemned Israeli attacks on Iran in a phone call and stressed the need for a diplomatic solution, Moscow and Beijing said. — AFP pic
MOSCOW, June 19 — Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping today strongly condemned Israeli attacks on Iran in a phone call and stressed the need for a diplomatic solution, Moscow and Beijing said.
Israel has launched an unprecedented wave of strikes at Iran that prompted Tehran to respond with its own attacks with missiles and drones.
Putin and Xi “strongly condemn Israel’s actions”, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters after the call.
He added that Moscow and Beijing believed the end to the hostilities “should be achieved exclusively by political and diplomatic means”.
Xi told Putin that a ceasefire was the “top priority” and urged Israel to halt its attacks, Chinese state media reported.
“Promoting a ceasefire and cessation of hostilities is the top priority. Armed force is not the correct way to resolve international disputes,” Xi said, according to China’s state news agency Xinhua.
“Parties to the conflict, especially Israel, should cease hostilities as soon as possible to prevent a cyclical escalation and resolutely avoid the spillover of the war,” he added.
Putin is pitching himself as a mediator between the warring sides.
Russia is close to Iran, having boosted military ties amid its offensive on Ukraine, but also strives for good relations with Israel.
Last week, Putin held phone calls with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, offering himself as a peacemaker.
The Kremlin said that Xi had spoken “in favour of such mediation, since he believes that it could serve to de-escalate the current situation”, Ushakov said.
But Western leaders, including US President Donald Trump and France’s Emmanuel Macron have pushed back against the idea of Putin trying to mediate the conflict amid his own Ukraine offensive.
“He actually offered to help mediate, I said: ‘do me a favour, mediate your own’,” Trump told reporters yesterday about Putin’s efforts.
“Let’s mediate Russia first, okay? I said, Vladimir, let’s mediate Russia first, you can worry about this later.” — AFP
These were the details of the news Putin, Xi ‘strongly condemn’ Israeli strikes on Iran, stress diplomacy over force for this day. We hope that we have succeeded by giving you the full details and information. To follow all our news, you can subscribe to the alerts system or to one of our different systems to provide you with all that is new.
It is also worth noting that the original news has been published and is available at Malay Mail and the editorial team at AlKhaleej Today has confirmed it and it has been modified, and it may have been completely transferred or quoted from it and you can read and follow this news from its main source.
