The Kremlin has spent much of the week positioning Moscow as a potential peacemaker after Israel launched strikes on Iran, which retaliated with missiles and drones.
“We are by no means seeking to act as a mediator, we are simply suggesting ideas,“ Putin said at an economic forum in Saint Petersburg.
While Moscow has condemned Israel’s strikes, Russia has not offered military help to its ally Iran and has downplayed its obligations under a sweeping strategic partnership agreement signed just months ago.
And pressed multiple times to comment on Israel’s apparent threats to kill Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Putin said Friday: “I really hope that the things you mention remain at the level of rhetoric.”
But the Kremlin said earlier this week that it saw a “reluctance, at least on the part of Israel, to resort to any mediation services or to embark on a peaceful path towards a settlement.”
“He actually offered to help mediate, I said: ‘Do me a favor, mediate your own. Let’s mediate Russia first, okay?’” Trump told reporters at the White House last week, referring to Russia’s conflict with Ukraine.
“I said ‘Vladimir, let’s mediate Russia first, you can worry about this later.’”
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