The ministry recalled that a meeting was held in Doha between the Special Representative of the President of Russia for the Middle East and Africa, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov and the Special Envoy of the Government of the People's Republic of China for the Middle East Zhai Jun.

"Moscow and Beijing reaffirmed their unwavering commitment to closely coordinating efforts in the interests of a political settlement of this and other crises in the Middle East and North Africa within the framework of the UN Security Council and other international platforms, including BRICS and the SCO," the statement said.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia and Turkey are in contact on the aggravation of the situation in the Middle East.