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Putin holds talks with Netanyahu, Pezeshkian, offers mediation to prevent escalation
Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned Israel's wave of strikes on Iran, the Kremlin said Friday, following separate phone calls with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian read more Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with members of the Delovaya Rossiya (Business Russia) National Public Organisation and participants of the organisation's 20th Congress and Forum via video link at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia May 13, 2025. Sputnik via Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned Israel's wave of strikes on Iran, the Kremlin said Friday, following separate phone calls with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. Russia and Iran have deepened their military ties amid Moscow's offensive on Ukraine, threatening its efforts to maintain warm relations with all major players in the Middle East. 'Vladimir Putin stressed that Russia condemns Israel's actions, which violate the UN Charter and international law,' the Kremlin said in a statement Friday. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD He also told Netanyahu of his 'readiness to provide mediation services in order to prevent further escalation of tensions'. The Kremlin added that Russia was committed to 'resolving the current situation, which is fraught with the most disastrous consequences for the entire region'. Earlier Friday, Russia had condemned Israeli strikes on Moscow's ally Iran. 'Unprovoked military strikes against a sovereign UN member state, its citizens, peaceful cities and nuclear energy infrastructure are categorically unacceptable,' said a Russian foreign ministry statement, calling the strikes 'atrocities'. Putin and other top Russian officials have also condemned Israel's actions in Gaza, though has so far managed to maintain working relations with Israel. The Kremlin earlier this week defended Iran's right to develop a 'peaceful' nuclear energy programme. It said the overnight strikes were 'especially cynical' amid ongoing negotiations between Washington and Tehran over Iran's nuclear programme. Moscow reiterated that the Iranian nuclear issue could only be settled diplomatically and called on both sides to show restraint.
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17-05-2025
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Kremlin says Putin could meet Zelenskiy if certain agreements are reached
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with members of the Delovaya Rossiya (Business Russia) National Public Organisation and participants of the organisation's 20th Congress and Forum via video link at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia May 13, 2025. Sputnik/Alexander Kazakov/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Saturday that Russian President Vladimir Putin could meet Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy, but only if certain agreements were reached. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov did not specify what agreements would be required from Russia's point of view. Putin and Zelenskiy have not met since December 2019. President Zelenskiy had challenged the Kremlin leader to meet him in Turkey this week but Putin instead sent a team of aides and officials to meet Ukrainian negotiators on Friday for the first bilateral, face-to-face talks since March 2022. Ukraine said it had raised the issue of a Putin-Zelenskiy meeting at the talks. Peskov said Russia considered such a meeting was possible, but only as a result of work between the two sides to "achieve certain results in the form of agreements". He added: "At the same time, when signing documents that the delegations are to agree upon, the main and fundamental thing for us remains who exactly will sign these documents from the Ukrainian side." Peskov did not elaborate on that remark. Putin has previously challenged Zelenskiy's legitimacy as president because his elected term of office expired last year. Ukraine, under martial law as it defends itself against Russia, has not set a date for a new election. (Reporting by Dmitry Antonov; writing by Mark TrevelyanEditing by Gareth Jones)
