Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in a telephone conversation with Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif, expressed his condolences on the assassination of Iran’s special forces commander General Kassem Suleimani, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Twitter.
Recall, on January 3, a telephone conversation took place between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Lavrov emphasized that the targeted actions of a UN member state to eliminate officials of another UN member state, and moreover, in the territory of a third sovereign state without its knowledge, flagrantly violate the principles of international law and deserve condemnation. In addition, US actions are fraught with grave consequences for regional peace and stability.