China News Service, May 17 According to a report from the Russian Satellite Network on the 17th, tensions in the Middle East have continued to rise recently.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Vershnin stated during the UN Security Council meeting that in order to degrade the situation and create an atmosphere of trust, Russia called for an urgent four-party ministerial meeting on the Middle East issue.
Data map: In the early morning of May 17, 2021, local time, Israeli warplanes continued to attack the Palestinian Gaza Strip. Fire and smoke rose over buildings in the Gaza Strip.
According to reports, Vilshnin pointed out that in order to coordinate the Quartet with key countries in the region, he also proposed to hold an expanded ministerial meeting and invite major countries in the region to participate.
He believes that appropriate conditions must be created within a short period of time, and the Palestinian-Israeli peace dialogue must be restarted on the basis of the resolutions of the Security Council and the UN General Assembly and the principle of peaceful coexistence between Palestine and Israel.
The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister also added that the invitation to convene Israeli and Palestinian leaders for talks in Moscow is still valid.
Leonid Slutsky, chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the Russian State Duma (lower house of parliament), also said that Russia intends to provide a platform to hold talks in Moscow to mediate the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
In the past few days, the conflict between Palestine and Israel has continued to escalate.
The Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip caused 192 deaths in Palestine, including 58 children and more than 30 women, and more than 1,200 wounded.