Lavrov warns against provocations in Golan Heights

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has called to show restraint and to avoid any provocations on the territory of the Syrian Golan Heights, Tass news agency reported on Tuesday.

"There is the need to show restraint and not to allow any provocations in the occupied Golan Heights," Lavrov said commenting on an airstrike carried out by the Israeli jets in Syria’s Golan Heights on Tuesday.

Israel said this came in response to a projectile from Syria that hit the Israeli-controlled part of the Golan Heights.

The situation in the Golan Heights reflects the overall destabilization of the Middle East and the growing terrorist threat that needs to be countered, Russia’s top diplomat said.

"There are terrorists in the Golan Heights who have been recognized by everyone as enemies of mankind. But the fight against them should be conducted in the framework of the UN Security Council’s resolutions," Lavrov stressed. "We proceeded from this in our contacts with the Israeli and Syrian colleagues and other countries of this region," he added.

Source: MENA