Russian and Iranian diplomats met in Moscow to discuss prospects for resolving the crisis around Tehran provoked by the United States and Israel, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. "Considerable attention was paid to prospects for overcoming the crisis triggered by US-Israeli aggression against Iran and to resolving issues surrounding Iran’s nuclear program," the ministry said following Russian-Iranian interministerial consultations on arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation. "The sides conducted a substantive review of the accumulated challenges and problem areas in this sensitive field. "Both sides expressed interest in maintaining intensive bilateral contacts on arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation in various formats," Russian diplomats said. The Russian delegation was headed by Director of the Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control of the Russian Foreign Ministry Oleg Postnikov.