Peskov called the disdainful attitude of a number of countries towards the Middle East settlement process

Answering a question in Beijing whether Vladimir Putin had come up with a peace initiative for the Middle East, the head of state’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said: “No, he hasn’t.” According to him, there is no point in taking an initiative for the sake of initiative. We need to work with all parties and understand their positions. To help resolve the situation, it is necessary to get out of the “hot war,” the presidential press secretary noted.

“They come up (with initiatives) in order to help the settlement,” Peskov emphasized. “The efforts of any countries should be welcomed. And Russia, as the president said, is ready to contribute its share to this process. The conflict is so old, and what is happening is The humanitarian catastrophe that we are witnessing is all the consequences of more than one decade and the disdainful attitude of a number of countries towards the Middle East settlement process.