Russia has urged Israel to reconsider its plans to build about 240 new housing units in the Jerusalem neighborhoods of Pisgat Z'ev and Ramot, the Russian foreign minister said in a statement on his website.
According to the Russian news agency, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov wrote, "We consider it important that the sides avoid unilateral actions which may affect the fate of settlements." France, Jordan and the United States have also expressed their disappointment with the Israeli move.