Time.news – The Iranian Foreign Minister has declared that Tehran would not remain “indifferent” if it becomes clear that Russia is using Iranian-made drones in Ukraine.
His words come after the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, said that Russia has ordered about 2,000 drones from Iran, the same ones that Kiev said has also used in its recent attacks on civilians in Ukraine.
“We are against arming both Russia and Ukraine”, reiterated the head of diplomacy of the Islamic Republic, Hossein Amirabdollahian, as reported by local media. “We have not supplied Russia with weapons or drones to be used in the war against Ukraine, “he continued, while acknowledging that the two countries have cooperation on defense matters.
The minister reaffirmed Iran’s willingness to have direct talks with Ukraine on the issue and claimed to have it communicated to the head of European foreign policy, Josep Borrell, in recent days. “I stressed with Borrell that if it becomes clear to us that Russia has used Iranian drones in the war against Ukraine, we will certainly not be indifferent to this problem,” Amirabdollahian said.
Moscow rejects the accusations
Russia, for its part, rejects the accusations. As the Deputy Director of the Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Konstantin Vorontsov, “once again, we categorically reject the baseless accusations of Western countries about alleged supplies of Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles to Russia in violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 “.
Speaking during the first commission on disarmament and international security of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Vorontsov added that the reasons for these propaganda insinuations are very clearsince “Washington, which flagrantly violated the decision of the United Nations Security Council by unilaterally withdrawing from the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) in 2018, simply invented a another convenient excuse to permanently dismantle the agreement “.
“These irresponsible actions they will inevitably lead to increased tensions in the Persian Gulf region, “the Russian Foreign Ministry commented in a statement posted on its website.
“The Russian Federation expects the United Nations Secretariat to provide an exhaustive confirmation which does not intend to violate the Charter of the United Nations. If not, we will draw the necessary conclusions on its impartiality and we could reconsider the whole series of relations with it “, according to the note from Russian diplomacy.