O Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in a telephone conversation he had today with his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad discussed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced.

Lavrov pointed out “the unacceptability of Israeli airstrikes on Syrian territory, which have become more frequent amid the events surrounding the Gaza Strip” and “the danger of attempts by external powers to turn the Middle East into an arena for settling geopolitical scores.” .

The Israeli military says that its aircraft hit Syrian army infrastructure and mortars, in response to rocket fire from Syria into Israel.

The settlement of the situation in the Middle East was the topic of the telephone conversation that the Russian Foreign Minister had with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia Prince Faisal bin Farhan.

According to the announcement of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the two ministers discussed bilateral relations as well as for the cooperation in the forum of the group of BRICS countries, which Saudi Arabia is going to join on January 1st.

Russia, a top oil exporter, coordinated production cuts with Saudi Arabia last year as part of the OPEC+ grouping to support global oil prices.