Palestine Hopes
Russia Will Help
Lift Blockade
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MOSCOW, Feb 26 (Bernama) -- Palestine hopes Russia will help to lift the blockade of the Palestinian people, Head of the Political Bureau of the Hamas Movement Khaled Mashaal said here on Monday.
"We appreciate Russia's role very highly. This role is very important. We hope Russia will be able to persuade the international community to lift the blockade, clamped down on the people of Palestine," Mashaal added.
He said the Hamas representatives appreciate Russia's stand and are planning to discuss in Moscow the Fatah-Hamas agreements, reached in Mecca.
"These agreements are a very important step, which should put an end to the blockade. We hope the Arab nations will back us. It is necessary to guarantee a political atmosphere, contributing to the establishment of a Palestinian State.
"Pressure should be brought to bear on Israel to make Tel Aviv recognise the right of the Palestinians to build up their own state," the Russian news agency Itar-Tass reported Monday quoting Mashaal, as saying here.
Mashaal, who heads the Palestinian delegation for consultations here.
Mashaal who called on the international "Quartet" to conduct negotiations with Israel, said at present, Israel is occupying Palestinian lands and the people of Palestine lack their own state.
The 'Quartet' should negotiate with Israel, not with us," said Mashaal, hoping that the "Quartet" will not alter its stand, and all the sides should respect the Mecca agreements.
"These accords are a very important step, which should put an end to the blockade," he said.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the ways to settle all these problems should be found by means of negotiations.
"We deem it necessary to strengthen the agreements, reached in Mecca between Head of the Palestine National Administration Mahmoud Abbas and the Leader of the Hamas Movement, and to actively help implement them," Lavrov stressed.
A special meeting was scheduled for March 13, which is to consider the parameters of the mechanism to help the Palestinian government.
The representatives of the Hamas leadership are planning to discuss here also some problems, linked with the coordination of the relations with the Russian leadership.
The first visit to Moscow of a Mashaal-led delegation took place on March 3, last year.
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Russia Will Help
Lift Blockade
www.bernama.com
MOSCOW, Feb 26 (Bernama) -- Palestine hopes Russia will help to lift the blockade of the Palestinian people, Head of the Political Bureau of the Hamas Movement Khaled Mashaal said here on Monday.
"We appreciate Russia's role very highly. This role is very important. We hope Russia will be able to persuade the international community to lift the blockade, clamped down on the people of Palestine," Mashaal added.
He said the Hamas representatives appreciate Russia's stand and are planning to discuss in Moscow the Fatah-Hamas agreements, reached in Mecca.
"These agreements are a very important step, which should put an end to the blockade. We hope the Arab nations will back us. It is necessary to guarantee a political atmosphere, contributing to the establishment of a Palestinian State.
"Pressure should be brought to bear on Israel to make Tel Aviv recognise the right of the Palestinians to build up their own state," the Russian news agency Itar-Tass reported Monday quoting Mashaal, as saying here.
Mashaal, who heads the Palestinian delegation for consultations here.
Mashaal who called on the international "Quartet" to conduct negotiations with Israel, said at present, Israel is occupying Palestinian lands and the people of Palestine lack their own state.
The 'Quartet' should negotiate with Israel, not with us," said Mashaal, hoping that the "Quartet" will not alter its stand, and all the sides should respect the Mecca agreements.
"These accords are a very important step, which should put an end to the blockade," he said.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the ways to settle all these problems should be found by means of negotiations.
"We deem it necessary to strengthen the agreements, reached in Mecca between Head of the Palestine National Administration Mahmoud Abbas and the Leader of the Hamas Movement, and to actively help implement them," Lavrov stressed.
A special meeting was scheduled for March 13, which is to consider the parameters of the mechanism to help the Palestinian government.
The representatives of the Hamas leadership are planning to discuss here also some problems, linked with the coordination of the relations with the Russian leadership.
The first visit to Moscow of a Mashaal-led delegation took place on March 3, last year.
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