IP- The Middle East Quartet (Russia, the United States, the United Nations, and the European Union) has fallen victim to the destructive actions of Washington and the European Union, the Russian Foreign Minister said on Tuesday.

Iran PressAmerica: Instead of supporting the Arab peace initiative and trying to settle the Palestinian problem, the United States and the European Union "continue destructive attempts to substitute real peace for some sort of economic half-measures," he said at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the situation in the Middle East.

"The Middle East Quartet of international mediators made up of Russia, the United States, the European Union, and the United Nations has fallen victim to such actions," he stressed.

The representative of Israel in the United Nations left the meeting after a short speech in protest. 

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