Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas restated his reservations in regards to the function of the US in resolving the battle with Israel.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has met Russian President Vladimir Putin, reiterating his distrust of the US in resolving the battle with Israel and expressing appreciation for Russia’s function.
Abbas voiced his assist for the so-called “Quartet” of worldwide mediators – Russia, the US, the United Nations and the European Union – however mentioned the US couldn’t be left a free hand to behave alone.
“We don’t belief America and you understand our place. We don’t belief it, we don’t depend on it, and certainly not can we settle for that America is the only real get together in resolving an issue,” Abbas instructed Putin on the Convention on Interplay and Confidence Constructing Measures in Asia (CICA) in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Thursday.
“It may be throughout the Quartet since it’s a nice nation, however we’ll by no means settle for it as the one one,” he mentioned, in televised remarks.
The feedback echo the 87-year-old Palestinian chief’s longstanding suspicion of the US, Israel’s essential ally, however got here as President Joe Biden has stepped up efforts to isolate Russia for its assault on Ukraine.
For his half, Putin mentioned Russia needs a simply settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian battle consistent with UN resolutions.
Russia has “a principled stance primarily based on the basic resolutions of the United Nations and it stays unchanged”, Putin instructed Abbas throughout talks on Thursday in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana.
He mentioned Russia continues to carefully monitor developments within the Center East and mentioned “so much” must be finished to reinforce financial ties between Moscow and Ramallah.
Abbas hailed Russia’s place on the Palestinian-Israeli settlement.
“We consider and know that Russia has a transparent place on the settlement, and I’m completely certain that it’ll by no means change. We all know completely nicely that Russia stands for justice, for worldwide legislation,” he mentioned.
Abbas underlined the meals crunch in Palestine and requested for Russia to expedite grain deliveries.