SOCHI, November 7. /TASS/. All countries involved in the Middle East settlement do not want the confrontation to escalate and are exploring ways to reach an agreement, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club.

"I have the feeling that currently almost all participants involved in this difficult process, they all no longer want, at least, further momentum toward confrontation, but on the contrary, they are also thinking about ways to reach some kind of an agreement," he said.