China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin discuss Middle East
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin spoke by phone about the Middle East situation, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
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The phone conversation on Thursday afternoon came days after Israel initiated a large-scale military
attack on Iran , which led to retaliation by Iran.
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