Reported by RIA Novosti.

“I follow the events that are taking place in Jerusalem with particular concern.

I pray that it will be a place of dialogue, not violent clashes, a place of peace and dialogue.

I invite everyone to seek joint solutions so that the city's multi-confessional and multicultural identity is respected and the brotherhood won.

Violence only breeds violence.

Enough clashes, ”he said during a Sunday address in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican.

Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry expressed concern over the growing tension in East Jerusalem.

Moscow called on all parties to refrain from further escalating violence.

On May 7, clashes between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers outside the Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem injured 205 people.