RAMALLAH, Wednesday, February 27, 2019 (WAFA) –Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for President Mahmoud Abbas, said today that the president is ready for a three-way meeting with Israel in Moscow if Russian President Vladimir Putin calls for one.

Abu Rudeineh was responding to statements by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who said on the eve of his trip to Moscow and meeting with Putin that he is ready for a meeting if there is a Palestinian leader to meet with.

“This is not true at all,” said Abu Rudeineh in a statement.

“President Putin had previously arranged a meeting with Netanyahu in Moscow and the president has agreed to attend but Netanyahu evaded it,” he said.

“President Abbas is always ready to accept President Putin’s call for such a meeting at any time with the current premier or any other future Israeli prime minister who will assume that post after the elections in order to achieve the just and lasting peace,” said the president’s spokesman.

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