[Global Network Reporter zhangqian] According to reports from Sputnik news agency & radio, TASS news agency and other media, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said on the 13th local time that Russia is ready to participate in resolving the Middle East issue in any form.

Lavrov told the Arab state media representatives that day that ¡°Russia is ready to participate in any form,¡± he added, adding that the Russian side is willing to contribute if the participants of the ¡°Gaza Summit¡± believe that Russia may play a role at some stage in the implementation of U.S. President Trump¡¯s plan.

According to the report, regarding why Russia did not participate in the "Gaza Summit", Lavrov explained, "The invitation was issued by the Egyptian leadership, the organizer of the summit. They coordinated their actions with other Arab sponsors, but most importantly, it was coordinated with the United States."

Lavrov added that the conflict in the Middle East could not be resolved in the long term without the establishment of a Palestinian state.

The Egyptian Presidential Office announced on the evening that Egypt is scheduled to hold a ¡°peace summit¡± in Sham Sheikh, a town on the Red Sea, where the ceasefire negotiations were negotiated in the Gaza Strip, with ¡°leaders of more than 20 countries¡± attending.