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Vladimir Putin plans to meet with his Persian counterpart, Masud Pezeshkian, this month amid concerns the problems in the Middle East threatens to spin out of control.
Yury Ushakov, a political aide, was cited by formal Russian media agencies as saying the two leaders would join in Ashgabat, the Turkmen cash, on October 11.
Putin and Pezeshkian will also be in conversation at the BRICS mountain in the Russian capital of Kazan, which will take place on October 22 to 24. Ushakov added that Putin also intends to attend the conference.
The presentations show that the two nations are still cooperating in the face of the Middle East problems.
Putin has no plans to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in light of the worsening regional conditions, Ushakov continued, adding that he had never given more details about the sessions.
The presence of a planned meeting with Netanyahu suggests Russia’s present political target may be more aligned with its partnerships within the BRICS platform, of which Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, as well as Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates, are members, rather than direct participation in the Israeli-Palestinian turmoil.
As the Israeli government continued its extensive airstrikes on Beirut and its invasion into southern Lebanon in an effort to dethrone the Iran-allied Hezbollah militant group, Israel marked the second anniversary of the Hamas attack on October 7, which claimed the lives of more than 1,200 people and 250 prisoner.
The United States and the European Union have labeled Hamas as a criminal organization.
The United States has labeled Hezbollah as a criminal organization, but the European Union has blacklisted its democratic party but not its armed wing. Hezbollah’s political group has chairs in the Palestinian parliament.
Israel’s opening of the next entry in southern Lebanon against Hezbollah is causing the conflict in Gaza to continue rage.