Sputnik is bringing you a live broadcast from Moscow, where Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is currently engaged in an urgent meeting with Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the Secretary General of the Arab League.
According to Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, “given the dramatic escalation of the Arab-Israeli conflict, this issue will receive the utmost attention" during the meeting.
The Arab League reported on October 8 that Aboul Gheit would travel to Moscow at Lavrov's invitation.
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