MOSCOW, February 26. /TASS/. Russia is actively working on reaching inter-Palestinian unity, and there is an agreement with Arab countries to cooperate in this sphere, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday.

"The Arab peace initiative should serve as a basis for restoring the Palestinian unity," Lavrov said after the Russian-Arab cooperation Forum. "Russia actively supports the efforts on reaching an agreement between Fatah and Hamas. We agreed to cooperate in this sphere," he noted.