Top Russian, Iranian diplomats discuss coronavirus fight, lifting sanctions on medicines

MOSCOW, (ST)_ Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif, in a phone call on Monday, discussed coordinated action to fight the novel coronavirus and the necessity of lifting sanctions that involve supplying medicines, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported.

“The ministers paid specific attention to the task of multilateral coordinated efforts in battling the coronavirus infection, including a waiver of unlawful individual sanctions and other restrictions linked to the supplies of medicines and essentials,” the ministry said.

 

The ministry pointed out that the diplomats had also exchanged opinions on key issues on the international agenda with an emphasis on the development of the situation in Afghanistan given the role of region’s states. “They also touched upon prospects for giving a boost to the efforts towards the settlement in Yemen in the light of the recent proposals by the United Nations,” the Foreign Ministry said.

 

Source: TASS