Russia’s Foreign Ministry has said that US President Donald Trump’s remarks about resettling the Palestinians from Gaza and establishing US ownership of the Strip are shocking and will ramp up tensions in the Middle East, Reuters reports.

“The main thing now is to provide the necessary humanitarian assistance to all those in need,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters.

“We believe that the main task today is to ensure the implementation of agreements between Israel and Hamas.”

“Any populist, frivolous or shocking arguments about any other palliative measures at the present stage are counterproductive and do not contribute to solving the problem, but only fuel tension in the region and to all the already extremely aggravated problems,” Zakharova said of Trump’s remarks.