Russia ready to host Israeli-Palestinian talks on its territory, says foreign minister

World November 23, 2018, 20:46

Russia would continue to support the efforts on helping the reconciliation, including the efforts of Egypt, Lavrov said

ROME, November 23. /TASS/. Russia reaffirms its commitment to hosting the negotiations between Israel and Palestine on its territory with no preconditions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated on Friday during the Mediterranean Dialogues conference in Rome.

"Russia would continue to support the efforts, including the efforts of Egypt, to help Palestinian reconciliation between Ramallah and Gaza. And we would certainly be supportive of the need to restore direct dialogue between Palestinians and Israelis. We reaffirm our proposal made a couple of years ago to host a meeting between Palestine and Israel in Russia without any preconditions," Lavrov stressed.

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