{"id":14006,"date":"2020-04-14T13:23:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T08:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=14006"},"modified":"2020-04-14T13:23:12","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T08:23:12","slug":"anti-covid-19-cooperation-between-iran-and-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/14006","title":{"rendered":"Anti COVID-19 cooperation between Iran and Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; color: #212529;\">Russian and Iranian foreign ministers discussed cooperation in combating the coronavirus pandemic on a telephonic discussion on Monday, according to an official statement reported by Anadolu News agency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: 1rem; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; color: #212529;\">Sergey Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif stressed that the restrictions on the delivery of drugs and essential goods were unacceptable, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement published on its official website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: 1rem; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; color: #212529;\">&#8220;The ministers paid special attention to the tasks of multilateral coordination in the fight against coronavirus infection, including the rejection of illegal unilateral sanctions and other restrictions on the supply of medicines and essential goods,&#8221; read the statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: 1rem; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; color: #212529;\">Lavrov and Zarif also discussed the recent developments in Afghanistan and Yemen, stressing the necessity of boosting the UN efforts to settle the conflicts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: 1rem; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; color: #212529;\">Iran is one of the country\u2019s worst hit by the global coronavirus epidemic. The situation in the country is complicated, as the government cannot buy necessary drugs and medical equipment because of the U.S. sanctions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: 1rem; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; color: #212529;\">Russia repeatedly called on the U.S. to loosen the restrictions at least for the time of pandemic for humanitarian purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: 1rem; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; color: #212529;\">Since appearing in China last December, the virus has spread to at least 185 countries and regions, according to figures compiled by the U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University&#8217;s Coronavirus Resource Center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: 1rem; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; color: #212529;\">Some 1.9 million cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed worldwide, with more than 115,000 deaths and 440,000 recoveries.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian and Iranian foreign ministers discussed cooperation in combating the coronavirus pandemic on a telephonic discussion on Monday, according to an official statement reported by Anadolu News agency. 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