Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said today: "All countries that have suffered from U.S. and Israeli aggression are our strategic partners."
"We will do everything possible to create an atmosphere in which such (military) actions become completely impossible, together with other peace-loving members of the international community."
Comment: By defining "all countries that have suffered from U.S. and Israeli aggression" as "strategic partners," Lavrov is essentially building a resistance alliance centered around Russia, aimed at countering the influence of the West in the Middle East from both moral and strategic perspectives. This move is not only a diplomatic attempt by Russia to open a "second front" against the backdrop of the Ukraine crisis, but also implicitly contains a deeper intention of using strategic deterrence to force the U.S. and Israel to reassess the costs of their military adventures.
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