MOSCOW, November 10. /TASS/. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has an open invitation to Russia, and the Palestinian side will coordinate the visit when the time is right, Russian presidential envoy for the Middle East and African countries and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said on Friday.

"We proceed from the fact that they will decide when the time is right, but the invitation from the Russian leadership, which was issued to Mahmoud Abbas, is still in force," he said. "Any moment the Palestinian leadership deems it possible, <…> I think it would be an important meeting."

"We think that this structure (Palestine Liberation Organization - TASS), which is led by President Mahmoud Abbas, is a legal entity under international law. Contacts with it are maintained. We hope that his visit [to Moscow] will eventually take place," Bogdanov added.