Russia and Iran’s international ministers on Sunday referred to as for a ceasefire in Gaza and mentioned that pressing help should be given to the civilian inhabitants there.Russia mentioned Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke to Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian on the request of Tehran.

“During the conversation, main attention was focused on the current situation in the zone of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict,” Russia’s international ministry mentioned.”General concern was expressed in regards to the ongoing armed confrontation within the Gaza Strip,” it mentioned.

“The need for an early ceasefire and urgent assistance to the affected civilian population was stressed.”Russia, which has relationships with Iran, Hamas and main Arab powers in addition to with the Palestinians and with Israel, has repeatedly accused the United States and the West of ignoring the necessity for an impartial Palestinian state inside 1967 borders.Israel launched its offensive after the militant Hamas group’s Oct. 7 rampage inside Israel.