Russian President Vladimir Putin
has scolded US President Donald Trump for aggravating the situation in the
Middle East following the assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.
Trump ordered the killing of
Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iran-backed
militias in Iraq via drone strike on Friday at Baghdad International Airport.
‘This action can seriously
aggravate the situation in the region,’ the Kremlin quoted Putin as saying
during a telephone call with French President Emmanuel Macron.
His comments came after China and
Russia joined European countries and nations across the world in urging
‘restraint’.
Iran branded the strike an act of
‘international terrorism’ and the country’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei vowed ‘harsh revenge’.
Moscow warned Soleimani’s death
would boost tensions across the Middle East and China urged restraint from all
sides, ‘especially the United States’.
Britain, France and Germany
called for ‘stability’ and ‘calm’ in the region, but did not vilify the
assassination.
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