AA / Moscow / Elena Teslova
Moscow is ready to help resolve conflicts in the Middle East and has contacts with all parties involved, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.
At a press briefing in Moscow, Peskov quoted President Vladimir Putin as saying that Moscow “is in contact with all parties concerned” after media reports that Israel had asked Russia to serve as a mediator in his contacts with Hezbollah.
“And, of course, if our efforts can have any impact, Russia will be ready to deploy them,” Peskov added.
Israel, which has killed 43,000 Palestinians in Gaza since October 7, 2023, extended the conflict to Lebanon at the end of last September.
Regarding the November 5 US presidential election, Peskov said that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s statements about the destruction of Nord Stream 2, as well as the need to “divide Russia and China ” were “incomprehensible”.
During a previous interview with journalist Tucker Carlson, Donald Trump denied Democrats’ claims that he had ties to Russia, recalling that he had blocked the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
“The main feature of our cooperation with China is that it is not directed against third countries, it is aimed only at the interests of the people of our two countries,” the Kremlin spokesperson said.
He then supported the lawsuit filed by the autonomous Russian nonprofit Dialog against the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), noting that there was little hope that American courts would adopt an impartial attitude.
“Rights must be defended by all legal means. … But it can be assumed with great certainty that in such cases the American courts will immediately begin to lose their impartiality and fairness. They will forget these principles. Therefore, “There are no high hopes that truly impartial review of these cases will be possible in American courts,” he said.
Regarding the presidential election in Moldova, the official rejected accusations of Russian interference in the Moldovan presidential election, saying: “We strongly reject any accusation that we are interfering in any way otherwise, we don’t do anything like that.”
On October 20, Moldovans went to the polls to participate in the presidential election, during which the outgoing president, Maia Sandu, considered pro-Western, sought a second term. Sandu received less than 50% of the vote, paving the way for a runoff scheduled for November 3.
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