Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Presidential Representative for the Middle East and Africa Mikhail Bogdanov met with Deputy General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Abu Ahmad Fuad and PFLP Politburo members Maher al-Taher and Arif Arfan. The meeting was also attended by Vitaly Naumkin, scientific director of the Institute of Oriental studies, member of the Group of strategic vision "Russia – Islamic world".
The main topic of discussion was the Palestinian issue. The Russian officials emphasized the need for early achievement of Palestinian national unity based on the PLO platform and the Arab Peace Initiative and stressed Russia's readiness to further promote this process.
There was separate discussion of the results of the third meeting of representatives of all major Palestinian parties and movements held in Moscow in February this year under the auspices of the Institute of Oriental studies of the RAS.
GSV "Russia - Islamic World"
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