Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday said that his country is willing to mediate between the Palestinian Authority and Israel to resume peace talks.
“We confirm again our offer from several years ago to host a meeting between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders in Russia without any preconditions” Lavrov said speaking at a conference in Rome.
In another context Lavrov pointed out that Russia is aware of the efforts made by Egypt to achieve reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas.
Russia has repeatedly offered to lead peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority especially in 2017 when the United States announced its biased decision of recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority have been suspended since April 2014 after Israel refused to halt the settlement construction in the Palestinian territories recognize the 1967 borders and release a number of long-serving Palestinian detainees from its jails.
