The Russian Federation will continue to make efforts to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict

Russia will continue to make diplomatic efforts aimed at resolving the conflict between Palestine and Israel. The corresponding statement was made on August 13 by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin during a meeting with Palestinian Ambassador Abdel Hafiz Nofal in Moscow.

"The Russian side confirmed its readiness to continue political and diplomatic efforts <...> in support of a just settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on a well-known international legal basis, providing for the creation of an independent Palestinian state within the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, living in peace and security with Israel," he was quoted as saying on the website. the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The diplomats also discussed bilateral cooperation between Russia and Palestine.

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The Russian Foreign Ministry said on July 29 that Vershinin and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelati, who met at an international conference on achieving a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, supported an early cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. In addition, the parties noted the need to send humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people.

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