Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan and Russian president Vladimir Putin have held a phone call discussing the conflict between Israel and Iran.
A statement from the Turkish presidency said the pair had agreed the conflict must end and diplomacy be put into action as soon as possible.
Mr Erdogan repeated his view that the only solution to the crisis was a return to nuclear talks, the statement said.
The Kremlin said: “Both sides expressed the most serious concern about the ongoing escalation of the Iran-Israel conflict, which has already led to a large number of casualties and is fraught with serious long-term consequences for the entire region.
“The leaders spoke in favor of an immediate cessation of hostilities and the settlement of contentious issues, including those related to the Iranian nuclear programme, exclusively by political and diplomatic means.”
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