Russia backs ceasefire between Israel and Iran but doubts its durability

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow supports a ceasefire between Israel and Iran but warned it remains uncertain whether it will hold, according to a report from Reuters.

"It is very difficult to make any final conclusions now and get a clear picture," Lavrov said, in Russia's first reaction to the ceasefire agreement after it was announced by the US President Donald Trump overnight.

"It's reported that the Americans convinced Israel to agree to a ceasefire and to establish an indefinite truce, that our Qatari friends played a similar role with regard to Tehran," he said.

"But after it was announced, there were reports of strikes, of an exchange of strikes between Israel and Iran. Therefore, let us not make any hasty conclusions based on fragmentary information," he added.