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Russia tells US not to strike Iran, warns of nuclear catastrophe [View all]
ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) -Russia is telling the United States not to strike Iran because it would radically destabilise the Middle East, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Wednesday, and Moscow said Israeli strikes risked triggering a nuclear catastrophe.
Russia signed a strategic partnership with Iran in January and also has a relationship with Israel, although it has been strained by Moscow's war in Ukraine. A Russian offer to mediate in the Israel-Iran conflict has not been taken up.
Ryabkov, speaking on the sidelines of an economic forum in St Petersburg, told Interfax news agency Moscow was urging Washington to refrain from direct involvement.
"This would be a step that would radically destabilise the entire situation," Interfax cited Ryabkov as saying, and criticising such "speculative, conjectural options."
Russia signed a strategic partnership with Iran in January and also has a relationship with Israel, although it has been strained by Moscow's war in Ukraine. A Russian offer to mediate in the Israel-Iran conflict has not been taken up.
Ryabkov, speaking on the sidelines of an economic forum in St Petersburg, told Interfax news agency Moscow was urging Washington to refrain from direct involvement.
"This would be a step that would radically destabilise the entire situation," Interfax cited Ryabkov as saying, and criticising such "speculative, conjectural options."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-warns-us-not-help-104753775.html
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