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[Regnum] Russia opposes renewed US-Israeli aggression against Iran and Lebanon and believes there is no justification for this potential aggression. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Yevgeny Ivanov stated this on April 20.
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"The unjustified use of military force against civilian infrastructure is absolutely unjustifiable.
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It's clear that continuing this conflict would have complex negative consequences for both the Middle East and the world as a whole," the diplomat noted at the 3rd All-Russian Municipal Forum "Small Homeland – Russia's Strength."
Earlier in the day, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov expressed hope that negotiations on the Middle East would continue and that the situation around Iran would not return to a violent scenario.
On April 8, US President Donald Trump stated his willingness to consider Iran's proposals for resolving the conflict and announced a two-week ceasefire. On April 11, the first round of talks between the two sides took place in Islamabad. According to the White House, Washington and Tehran had agreed on most issues but had not reached an agreement on the Iranian nuclear program, which the US is demanding be closed.
On April 12, the United States imposed a naval blockade of the Iranian coast. On April 18, US Central Command reported that 23 vessels departing from ports in the Islamic Republic had been intercepted over the past week.
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