# Lavrov, Egyptian foreign minister stress need for Middle East settlement

https://mins.news/en/item/33477

- TASS, 2026-08-26 18:34 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2178047

> Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty called for stronger collective political and diplomatic efforts to ease what Moscow described as an unprecedented military-political escalation in the Middle East and Persian Gulf. They reaffirmed that the Palestinian issue should be settled in line with UN resolutions.