Moscow, 4 January 2016 – Attacks on diplomatic missions can never be a legal means of protest, Russia said on Monday, after Iranian regime mobs stormed the Saudi embassy in Tehran in protest at Riyadh’s execution of a senior Shiite cleric.
Russia’s foreign ministry expressed “serious concern” about the worsening situation in the region and called on the two countries and others “to show restraint and avoid any steps that would complicate the situation and lead to a rise in tensions,” Reuters and AFP reported.
Earlier, Russia said it is ready to serve as an intermediary to resolve the dispute between Saudi Arabia and Iran that saw the kingdom break off diplomatic relations with Tehran, a Russian foreign ministry source told AFP on Monday.
Another unnamed Russian diplomatic source quoted by TASS news agency said Moscow was ready to host the Saudi and Iranian foreign ministers — Adel al-Jubeir and Mohammad Javad Zarif — for talks.
Saudi Arabia announced Sunday it was severing its ties to Iran after its embassy in Tehran was firebombed.
