The United States has vowed to respond to a drone attack on its base in Jordan but Beijing and Moscow have both urged Biden to show restraint as he reportedly plots which targets to strike in retaliation against Iran and its proxies.
Russia and China has warned against US plot to attack Iran proxies and urged the United States to show restraint in its response to the killing of three American soldiers.
The United States has vowed to respond to a drone attack on a base in Jordan that claimed the lives of three American soldiers, raising fears of an escalating Middle East conflict.
Iran-backed militants have been blamed for the strike on the Tower 22 base, leading to US president Joe Biden to respond robustly and with force.
But in an apparent bid to temper America’s expected retaliation against the said Iran proxies, both Russia and China have today called for a de-escalation in the region.
The Kremlin, asked on Tuesday about potential US strikes on Iranian interests, said tensions in the Middle East were high and that steps were needed to de-escalate rather than destabilize the wider region, where fighting is currently raging in Gaza.
China on Tuesday also warned against a ‘cycle of retaliation’ in the volatile region.
The comments came after US Defiance Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday vowed the US would take all necessary actions’ to defend its troops.
