Putin: Establishing a Palestinian state is key to resolving the conflict in the Middle East

MOSCOW, Nov.28, (ST)- Establishing a sovereign Palestine on 1967 borders is key to resolving the  conflict in the Middle East, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a message to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.

“Now that the blood-shedding conflict causes untold suffering to the people of Palestine, I find it especially important to reaffirm Russia’s consistent support to the implementation of the legitimate rights of your people to establish a sovereign state on 1967 borders,” Putin said in his message on the occasion of International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. At the event, the message was read out by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov.

According to the Russian leader, “this (establishing a sovereign Palestine on 1967 borders – TASS) is seen as a key condition for a comprehensive, long-lasting and fair peace between Palestine and “Israel”.”

“I am confident that, through joint efforts, we will be able to promote further the traditionally friendly relationship between Russia and Palestine as well as mutually advantageous cooperation in various spheres,” Putin noted as he emphasized that the work in this direction was in the two countries’ interests while taking place in the framework of strengthening regional security, according to TASS.

One of the Russian participants in the solidarity stand, which was organized outside the doors of the Palestinian Embassy in Moscow, said  this stand aims to support the Palestinian people and to express solidarity with the mothers who lost their lives under the rubble with their children in Gaza as a result of the Zionist aggression that seeks to break the will of the Palestinians with the support of America and its allies.

Another participants said that the Israeli aggression against Gaza is a crime against humanity, explaining that the occupation committed genocide against women, children and the elderly in the besieged Strip.

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