Moscow, February 04: Russia called on all parties in the Egyptian impasse to show restraint Thursday, with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov calling the current situation ‘extremely worrying.’
Russia urges all sides to ‘resolve a diplomatic framework by civilised means and without resort to violence,’ he said, in remarks quoted by Interfax news agency.
Lavrov added that Moscow had no desire to interfere with events in Cairo, but feared an eruption of violence.
The minister previously stressed that Egyptian society must find its own independent way out of the current stalemate.
–Agencies