MOSCOW, January 15. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian resolutely condemned the recent strikes delivered on Yemen by an international coalition led by the United States and the United Kingdom in a phone conversation, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The two foreign ministers "focused on the recent bout of tensions in the Middle East," the statement reads. According to it, Lavrov and Amir-Abdollahian "resolutely denounced the massive strikes carried out on Yemen by a group of countries led by the United States and the United Kingdom." The two top diplomats called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and advocated for unhindered humanitarian access to the enclave in order to provide prompt assistance to affected Palestinians, the Russian diplomatic agency added.

The Russian and Iranian foreign ministers also discussed progress toward preparing a new interstate agreement as well as a number of practical issues of bilateral cooperation. During the conversation, they emphasized "their unwavering mutual commitment to the basic principles of the Russian-Iranian relationship, including unconditional respect for [each other's] sovereignty, territorial integrity and other principles of the UN Charter that will be reaffirmed in a major upcoming interstate agreement between Russia and Iran."