India, June 20 -- Moscow [Russia]/ Beijing [China], June 20 (ANI) Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have condemened Israeli strikes against Iran urging both sides to pursue diplomatic means and put an immediate end to hostilites.

Escalating tensions between Iran and Israel topped the agenda of the telephone call between the two leaders in a telephone call, the Kremlin said on Thursday. Putin and Xi discussed the results of the recent G7 Summit in Canada, noting "the flaws that emerged in the relations of the meeting's participants, " TASS reported.

The call between the two leaders was "very constructive", Russian state media TASS cited Kremlin Aide Yury Ushakov telling reporters at a briefing on Thu...