“Sometimes it seems that certain forces in the American elite are not interested in normalizing, but, on the contrary, in destabilizing the Middle East. In order to take advantage of political uncertainty and unceasing conflicts to catch fish, as they say, in troubled waters, ”the diplomat noted in an interview with the Greek weekly“ To Vima ”published on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
As evidence of this, Bogdanov called the elimination during the US special operation in Iraq of Iranian General Kassem Suleimani.
At the same time, he drew attention to the statements of the American leader Donald Trump, who called on the United States to “end the wars in the Middle East,” noting that the fulfillment of this promise would improve the situation in the region.
Earlier, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced the possibility of a war with the United States over the assassination of Suleymani.
An Iranian general was killed on January 3 near Baghdad Airport as a result of a missile attack on the United States. On January 8, Iran launched rocket attacks on two US bases in Iraq in retaliation for the killing of Suleimani. According to the latest Pentagon, as a result of the attack, 109 US troops received shell shocks.