MOSCOW, April 2. /TASS/. The situation around Iran must be resolved as soon as possible, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu said at a meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty as he pushed for collective efforts toward that goal, involving countries outside the region, too.

"Of course, in the present-day situation, there is a need not only for regional countries to take collective action amid the situation on the negotiating track that changes by the day and even by the hour," Shoigu said.

According to him, everybody is extremely concerned about the situation in the Middle East. "Hopefully a solution, a way out will be found as soon as possible," the top Russian security official stated.