Moscow has called on political forces in Egypt to show restraint and solve problems within the framework of democratic procedures, Russian Foreign Ministry's spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said.

"We count on and our comment does have this political appeal to all parties to show wisdom and restrain and solve all, even most complicated, problems within the framework of democratic procedures," Lukashevich said at a briefing in Moscow on Friday.

Moscow and Cairo uphold close and diverse contacts and Moscow hopes that such a trend will continue to grow, he said.