Lavrov responds to claims Russia ‘benefiting’ from war on Iran

“We are never happy to see wars,” the foreign minister said

Russia is unhappy about the ongoing Middle East conflict and is not seeking to profit from other countries’ problems, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.

In an interview with France Televisions published on Thursday, Lavrov was pressed on whether Russia benefits from skyrocketing oil prices due to the US-Israeli strikes on Iran and plummeting crude maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.