Russian President Putin warns Israeli war could spread beyond Middle East

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Israel's war with Palestinians in Gaza could spread to beyond Middle East if the bloodshed could not stop in the region soon.

Putin while addressing some Russian religious leaders of different faiths in Kremlin said, it was wrong that innocent women, children and old people in Gaza were being punished by Israel.

He said, he told other world leaders in phone calls that if bloodshed did not stop, there was a risk of a much wider conflagration.

He said Russia's position on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is based on the UN Security Council resolutions which envisage the creation of two independent sovereign states, Israel and Palestine. This is the key to a lasting and fundamental settlement and peace in the Middle East. This has been the traditional position of the Soviet Union and then Russia since 1948,he said.

The Russian President said,”Our primary goal is to stop bloodshed and violence. Further escalation of the crisis poses a risk of severe and highly dangerous and destructive consequences not just for the Middle Eastern region. It can spill far beyond the borders of the Middle East. I have emphasised this repeatedly in my remarks, during numerous telephone conversations, and in personal meetings with the leaders of Middle Eastern and other countries”.

"Our main task, is to stop the bloodshed and violence.Otherwise, further escalation of the crisis is fraught with grave and extremely dangerous and destructive consequences. And not only for the Middle East region. It could spill over far beyond the borders of the Middle East," he stated.

The Russian president slammed certain Western powers, saying they are seeking to provoke further escalation and to draw as many other countries and peoples into the conflict as possible.

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