Russia calls on Israel, Palestine to resume talks — ambassador
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said earlier Moscow is ready to
provide a venue for talks between Palestine and Israel
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UNITED NATIONS, February 20. 2018 /TASS/. Russia calls on Israel and
Palestine to resume talks and is ready to provide a venue for such dialogue,
Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said
on Tuesday at a UN Security Council meeting.

"The top priority task now is to immediately resume the Palestinian-Israeli
talks on the generally recognized basis of international law, including
corresponding resolutions of the UN Security Council and the Arab Peace
Initiative," he said. "I reiterate our readiness to provide a Russian venue
for a meeting between the Palestinian and Israeli leaders, without
preliminary conditions. We hope this initiative will be taken in a positive
way by both sides."

The Russian diplomat pledged that Russia would continue efforts "to keep in
place the architecture of the Middle East settlement and to bring the
political process out of the state of depression."

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday Moscow was prepared to
provide a venue for talks between Palestine and Israel without any
preliminary conditions.