Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will hold a meeting with Hamas leader Ismail Haneyya Russian Presidential Envoy for the Middle East and Africa and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov told reporters on Friday.
“The meeting with Haneyya is scheduled for January 15” he said.
According to Bogdanov during the talks the parties will discuss “the situation in the Middle East the Palestinian-Israeli settlement the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories particularly in the Gaza Strip and the task of restoring the Palestinian unity.”
The meeting was planned to be held in December before being postponed for unknown reasons to the next month.
The PIC reporter revealed that a high-ranking Hamas delegation led by Haneyya will head to Cairo on January 10 before starting a foreign trip that includes Russia.
