In a significant diplomatic effort hosted by Russia in Moscow from February 29 to March 2, Palestinian factions, including rivals Hamas and Fatah, have agreed to pursue unity and confront Israel collectively. The negotiations, which involved 14 leading Palestinian factions, aimed at speeding up the achievement of a truce in the Gaza Strip, the exchange of prisoners, and forcing Israel to withdraw troops from Gaza. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, along with discussions on the Middle East in Antalya, Turkey, highlighted the importance of Palestinian unity under the banner of the PLO and called for the establishment of an independent, fully sovereign Palestinian state as essential for peace in the Middle East. Lavrov criticized Western countries for their stance on Palestine's UN membership and emphasized Russia's role in facilitating inter-Palestinian reconciliation and its significant role in resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Slovak foreign minister Blanar meets with Russia's Lavrov in Turkey https://t.co/1LdmN7tl8u https://t.co/5aDGmwvD9Z
Russian Foreign Minister: Russia is convinced that a Palestinian state is not just a whim, but rather a decision, without whose implementation it is impossible to calm the Middle East. https://t.co/w1atIKv27J
Russian Foreign Minister: Without the establishment of an independent, fully sovereign Palestinian state, there will be no peace in the Middle East https://t.co/HXlZZqqVHy
Russian Foreign Minister: We call on the Hamas and Fatah movements to unite with the Palestinian Authority. https://t.co/2LmGXdEk8a
Hamas insists that the Russian Federation play a major role in resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, as opposed to the United States and Israel.
⚡️ Slovak FM meets Lavrov in Turkey. Slovakian Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar met with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Turkey on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Antalya, Turkey, on March 2. https://t.co/0UJj9iIN47
Speaking to media following the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, Russian FM Lavrov calls on western powers to seize their manipulations aimed at preserving their waning dominance https://t.co/azGz1ppn1L
Summit in Moscow: Russia held a meeting with the organizations Hamas, Fatah, Islamic Jihad, PFLP and DFLP with the goal of “creating unity.” https://t.co/UXPzuomPlJ
The Hamas delegation met with the Special Envoy of the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, at the headquarters of the Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday, the terror organization stated on its Telegram channel. https://t.co/acwM8utGaj
Hamas says it's delegation met with deputy foreign minister Mikhail Bogdanov in Moscow on Friday evening. https://t.co/JPsc6b1Enb
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov: Western countries say that Palestine will become a member of the UN, but in reality everything will remain the same. They present a beautiful picture, but the status quo does not change. In Gaza, all residents are civilians. According to… https://t.co/3USudAxdi2
Palestinian factions in Moscow agreed to force Israel to withdraw troops from Gaza “Force the occupying army to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and prevent attempts to establish an occupation regime or control over any part of the Gaza Strip under the pretext of creating buffer…
Palestinian factions including rivals #Hamas and #Fatah say they will pursue “unity of action” in confronting Israel after representatives met at #Russia-hosted talks. https://t.co/wefaJdVbxh
Russian FM Sergey Lavrov speaking at Turkish diplomatic forum said Palestinian factions had in meeting in Moscow for the first time written down they aimed to reunite under the banner of PLO. Said talks better than five years ago, but added remained to be seen if this was "more…
Speaking at the Antalya Diplomaсy Forum in Türkiye, Russian FM Lavrov comments on the emerging multipolar world and how it came to be https://t.co/Fmjsj2lWrJ
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan discussed the Middle East, North Africa, and the Black Sea region on Friday at a conference in the Turkish city of Antalya, Russian state news agency TASS reported. https://t.co/A81LmRfe7p
Russia strives to become a key player in the inter-Palestinian settlement process The focus of the Middle East settlement shifted to the Russian capital for three days. Here, from February 29 to March 2, negotiations are being held between 14 leading Palestinian factions to… https://t.co/2xmdw0tFy6
Palestinian factions meeting in Moscow agreed on Friday to continue talks to achieve comprehensive national unity, Russian state news agency RIA reported, citing a joint statement. https://t.co/MgDgGrWiso
Statements by the head of the delegation of Palestinian factions during negotiations in Moscow: 🟡 Contacts between Fatah and Hamas are not interrupted, and efforts are being made to speed up the achievement of an agreement on a truce in the Gaza Strip and the exchange of… https://t.co/8RvLLatOHa