Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov is a Russian diplomat, who has been the Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2004. He called on Israel and Palestine to refrain from actions that could provoke further deterioration of the situation, BTA reported.

"Lavrov called on Israeli and Palestinian partners to show maximum responsibility and refrain from any actions that could cause further deterioration of the situation," the foreign ministry in Moscow said after Lavrov's phone calls with Israeli and Palestinian foreign ministers Eli Cohen. and Riyadh al-Maliki, which were held yesterday and today respectively.

Netanyahu promised a strong response after the attacks in Jerusalem

The message said Moscow was seriously concerned about the new wave of violence in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone.

Seven Israelis were killed and two wounded in attacks in East Jerusalem on Friday and yesterday.

Also on Friday, the Israeli army bombed the Gaza Strip in response to rockets fired from the Palestinian enclave into Israeli territory.

On Thursday, nine Palestinians were killed in an operation by Israeli forces in the city of Jenin on the West Bank.  

Sergey Lavrov

Israel and Palestine