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Moscow is ready to assist in the settlement of conflicts in the Middle East and has contacts with all parties concerned, Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said on Friday, Anadolu Agency reports.
Commenting at a press briefing in Moscow on media reports claiming Israel asked Russia to serve as a mediator in contacts with Hezbollah, Peskov cited President Vladimir Putin, who earlier said Moscow “maintains contacts with all relevant parties”.
“And, of course, if our efforts can be effective somewhere, than Russia will be ready to make them,” he added.
Israel, which has killed 43,000 Palestinians in Gaza since a cross border attack by Hamas last October, expanded the conflict in Lebanon in late September.
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