Moscow, March 11 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a telephonic conversation with Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Faisal bin Farhan on the need to make efforts to prevent further escalation of the Middle East crisis.

In a post on X, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia said, "On March 10, Sergey Lavrov & Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Faisal bin Farhan spoke over the phone. The Foreign Ministers emphasized the need to consolidate the efforts of the international community to prevent further deterioration of the situation in the Middle East."

This comes as earlier on March 10, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Tuesday cautioned Russia against intervening in the ongoing conflict in West Asia amid rising tensions inv...