The Russian foreign ministry says that Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his UAE counterpart, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, have jointly called for the resumption of talks to secure a rapid, sustainable agreement to the Middle East crisis, Al Jazeera has reported citing Reuters.

According to Reuters, the ministers, in a telephone call, “expressed their shared view on the need to resume negotiations in order to promptly reach agreements on a long-term, sustainable resolution of the crisis, taking into account the legitimate interests of all countries in the region”.