RAMALLAH, Tuesday, May 9, 2023 (WAFA) – President Mahmoud Abbas today received at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah the Russian Special Envoy for the Middle East Peace Process, Vladimir Safrenkov.

During the meeting, the President briefed his guest on the latest developments in Palestine and the dangerous and continuous Israeli escalation in all the Palestinian territories, calling on the international community, especially the United Nations Security Council, to intervene immediately to stop this aggression, stressing the need to end the Israeli occupation of the land of the State of Palestine and its East Jerusalem capital as a basis for achieving stability and security in the region.

The President stressed the importance of the Palestinian-Russian relations, and Palestine's keenness to strengthen and develop them for the benefit of the two friendly countries and peoples.

In turn, the Russian envoy renewed his country's position in support of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, the political process based on the two-state solution, and commitment to the resolutions of the international legitimacy.

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