Russia has accused the United State of deliberately planning to trigger a war in the Middle East. Russia’s foreign ministry said in reaction to the U.S. plan to send more troops to the Middle East that the U.S is on a “deliberate course for provoking war’’ with Iran
The U.S. announced this week that it would send about 1,000 additional troops to the Middle East, in response to attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. The former has accused Iran of committing the attacks but Iran denies any involvement.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Sergei Ryabkov, said “for a long time, we have seen unending attempts by the U.S. to strengthen political, psychological, economic and military pressure on Iran. This type of action, I believe, is rather provocative. It cannot be assessed as anything other than a deliberate course for provoking war.’’ (NAN)
