Russia wants mutual understanding between all sides of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Russian Presidential Special Representative for the Middle East and Africa and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov told TASS on Monday.
"I can't guess," he said, responding to a TASS question about whether escalation with Palestine is possible amid protests in Israel.
"I know that there are contacts, representatives of the Palestinian administration, Israeli relevant services meet with the assistance of Egypt, Jordan, so of course we would like to see a mutual understanding on all issues," Bogdanov noted. - "But security issues in my opinion cannot be separated from the political horizon and the comprehensive settlement of the conflict, which has been going on for 70 years."
On Sunday, Israeli authorities announced a decision to annex more than 20 hectares of land in several villages east of Qalqilya in the West Bank.
On March 19, a five-party meeting was held in Sharm el-Sheikh with delegations from Israel and Palestine, as well as representatives from Egypt, Jordan, and the United States, to reach a settlement guaranteeing peace in the region during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan (which began this year on March 23 and will end on April 21). According to the final statement, the parties agreed to an immediate cessation of unilateral measures for a period of three to six months and reaffirmed their commitment to the previous agreement. This entails Israel's commitment to suspend discussion of settlement expansion in the West Bank for the next four months and to halt the issuance of construction permits for up to six months.
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Based on materials from TASS