MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin informed Iran’s overseas minister on Monday (Jun 23) there was no justification for the US bombing of his nation and that Moscow was attempting to assist the Iranian individuals.
Putin hosted Iranian International Minister Abbas Araqchi in Moscow two days after US President Donald Trump despatched US bomber planes to strike Iran’s three main nuclear sites.
“The completely unprovoked aggression in opposition to Iran has no foundation and no justification,” Putin informed Araqchi in televised feedback.
“For our half, we’re making efforts to help the Iranian individuals,” he added.
“I’m very glad that you’re in Moscow immediately, it will give us the chance to debate all these urgent points and suppose collectively about how we may get out of immediately’s state of affairs.”
Araqchi informed Putin that Iran was conducting reliable self-defence and thanked Russia for condemning the US actions. He conveyed greatest needs to Putin from Iran’s supreme chief and president.
“Russia is immediately on the correct aspect of historical past and worldwide legislation,” Araqchi mentioned.
It was unclear, nevertheless, what Russia would possibly do to help Iran, an necessary ally with which Putin signed a strategic cooperation treaty in January. That settlement didn’t embrace a mutual defence clause.
Earlier than Saturday’s US strikes, Moscow had warned that US army intervention may destabilise your complete area and plunge it into the “abyss”.
Requested what Russia was able to do to assist Tehran, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov mentioned: “All of it is determined by what Iran wants.” He mentioned the truth that Moscow had provided to mediate within the disaster was itself a type of help.
