Shoigu said there was no prospect of ending the conflict in the Middle East.

The goals pursued by the United States and Israel, for which they are attacking the territory of the Islamic Republic of Iran, are incomprehensible to anyone, including themselves. This was announced on Tuesday, March 24, by the Secretary of the Russian Security Council, Sergei Shoigu.

"From there (from Washington and Tel Aviv. There are bellicose statements about the readiness to continue hostilities until their goals are achieved. What they are is unclear to anyone, in my opinion, and to them," TASS quoted him as saying during a meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chin.

Commenting on the current geopolitical situation in the Middle East, Shoigu stressed that there are currently no prospects for ending the conflict in this region. He called the Israeli-American military operation against Iran "Lion's Roar" "unprovoked."

In addition, the conflict threatens global and regional trade routes, food security and energy markets, as well as increases inflationary expectations and migrant flows, Shoigu concluded.

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Washington has announced constructive talks with Tehran, although the Islamic Republic denies them.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov recalled on the same day that Tehran remained open to negotiations until military action began against it. According to him, the negotiations between the Iranian and American sides were quite successful.

A day earlier, the Ynet portal reported, citing an Israeli official, that Washington allegedly plans to end the war in Iran on April 9. At the same time, the Special Envoy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China (PRC) for the Middle East, Zhai Jun, said that the escalation in the Middle East threatens to become hopeless. He stressed that if the conflict continues, the entire Middle East region will plunge into chaos.

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