The Russian and Egyptian Foreign Ministers, Sergey Lavrov and Sameh Shoukry, discussed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Wednesday and agreed that the political solution has no alternative in Libya crisis, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement after the two foreign ministers’ talks over the phone.

Axar.az reports citing Russian media.

"The two foreign ministers had an extensive exchange of views on prospects for the situation in the Middle East and North Africa. In line with common approaches, the ministers confirmed that there is no alternative to a political solution to the Libya conflict. They emphasized the importance of terminating hostilities and restarting substantive negotiations between the parties to the conflict in Libya," the ministry said.