Lavrov: We hope America will not take military action against Iran.
The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, said today after the joint meeting of the Foreign Ministers, Defense Ministers and Secretaries of the Security Council of the CSTO member states in Moscow, in response to Donald Trump's recent statements that military action against Iran does not seem necessary in the current situation, "I hope so."
According to the Russian news agency Interfax, Lavrov also said that "we and the People's Republic of China have always emphasized the need to return to a peaceful settlement and use political and diplomatic methods."