The consequences of the expansion of the conflict in the Middle East will be disastrous for the region, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a briefing, APA reports citing TASS.
"I don’t even want to talk about further geographic expansion [of the conflict]," the Kremlin spokesman said. "The consequences of this would be catastrophic for the region," he added.
"To our regret, the geography of fighting is already expanding. We can see that now the Lebanese front has been opened," he said. "All this, of course, leads to the destruction of civilian infrastructure. Tens and hundreds of thousands of people are losing their homes, their livelihoods, their jobs," Peskov added.
Peskov did not speculate on what actions Russia, whose Khmeimim airbase is located in the Middle East, might take in the event of further escalation. "It is unlikely that any hypothetical reasoning is appropriate in this case," the spokesman said.
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