U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry on Thursday in a telephone conversation with Minister of foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov expressed concern over escalating tensions in Eastern Ukraine, as well as on the issue of visiting the capital of Russia Iranian leader Casemay Soleimani, reports the state Department.




about it writes Reuters referring to the letter from the state Department. On Wednesday, the official authorized state Department mark Toner said the state Department finds out what purpose the Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, located under sanctions resolution of the UN security Council, prohibiting him, for example, trips abroad, visited Moscow. First, the Kremlin has denied these Western media about the fact that the Iranian General, met in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Soleimani was included in the sanctions list of the UN security Council, providing for a ban on travel and the freezing of assets in 2007. Before also there appeared information about the fact that he went abroad in violation of this prohibition. In the early winter of 2014, the Reuters Agency has informed that the Iranian General was seen in Iraq.

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