MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin advised Iran’s international minister on Monday (Jun 23) there was no justification for the US bombing of his nation and that Moscow was making an attempt to assist the Iranian folks.
Putin hosted Iranian Overseas Minister Abbas Araqchi in Moscow two days after US President Donald Trump despatched US bomber planes to strike Iran’s three most important nuclear websites.
“The completely unprovoked aggression towards Iran has no foundation and no justification,” Putin advised Araqchi in televised feedback.
“For our half, we’re making efforts to help the Iranian folks,” he added.
“I’m very glad that you’re in Moscow right this moment, this may give us the chance to debate all these urgent points and assume collectively about how we might get out of right this moment’s state of affairs.”
Araqchi advised Putin that Iran was conducting legit self-defence and thanked Russia for condemning the US actions. He conveyed finest needs to Putin from Iran’s supreme chief and president.
“Russia is right this moment on the correct aspect of historical past and worldwide legislation,” Araqchi stated.
It was unclear, nevertheless, what Russia may do to help Iran, an vital 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 might destabilise the whole area and plunge it into the “abyss”.
Requested what Russia was able to do to assist Tehran, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated: “All of it depends upon what Iran wants.” He stated the truth that Moscow had supplied to mediate within the disaster was itself a type of help.
