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| Fatah, Hamas leaders to meet Russian officials |
| 2011-05-22 |
| MOSCOW - Members of rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas will meet “very senior” Russian officials on Monday during their informal three-day visit to Moscow, a Palestinian negotiator said Saturday. The Palestinian delegation arrived in Russia on Friday evening after concluding mechanisms for implementing a reconciliation agreement between the two sides earlier in the week. A member of the so-called Middle East Quartet, Russia backs making east Jerusalem the capital of a unified Palestine and is also in contact with Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip and is viewed as a terrorist organisation by Israel. One of the Palestinian negotiators, Mustafa Barghouti, said the group planned to hold “a very important meeting with Russian officials on Monday.” “It will be a very senior” meeting, Barghouti added. |
| Posted by:Steve White |