Heavy fighting continues in southern Lebanon after three weeks of bloodshed, in which more than 900 Lebanese civilians, largely civilians, have lost their lives. More than 70 Israelis have been killed, mainly servicemen.
The parties exchanged opinions on the crisis in the Middle East and the international community's efforts to stop the bloody Lebanese-Israeli conflict, the press office of the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
"The Russian side stressed the need to unite the efforts of all the states capable of exerting constructive influence on the parties involved in the conflict to stop fire immediately and achieve a political settlement of the Lebanese-Israeli conflict that would rule out such conflicts in the future," the press office said.
