On Wednesday, Moscow issued a joint statement together with Iran and Turkey harshly condemning Israeli airstrikes in Syria.
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From left: Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev, Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chairperson of Eurasian Economic Commission Tigran Sarkisian walk in Astana, Kazakstan, Tuesday, May 31, 2016.(Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)