MOSCOW – Moscow views Israel’s strike on the capital of Qatar as a blatant violation of international law and the UN Charter, the Russian news agency Tass reported, quoting a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry.
“Russia regards the incident as a blatant violation of international law and the UN Charter, an attack on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of an independent state and a step escalating further tensions and instability in the Middle East,” the statement reads.
The Russian Foreign Ministry also stressed that the missile attack on Qatar, “a country that plays a key mediation role in indirect talks between Hamas and the Israeli leadership on ending the nearly two-year-long war in the Gaza Strip and releasing detained persons, cannot be seen as anything other than an act aimed at weakening international efforts to find peaceful solutions,” the statement reads.
“That said, Moscow once again calls on all parties involved to pursue a responsible approach and avoid actions that could worsen the situation in the zone of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and complicate work to find a peaceful solution to it,” the statement notes.
