Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas about negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Monday.
They also talked about “the problems of the Middle East settlement in the context of escalating tensions in the West Bank and East Jerusalem”, the Kremlin said.
President Putin highlighted Russia’s firm position in support of the rights of the Palestinian people, and that Russia will continue to accord its political support to the Palestinian cause in all international forums, and what is happening in Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque.
On food security, Putin emphasised that Russia will provide the Palestinian and other importers in the Middle East with all their needs of Russian wheat, materials and crops, according to Russian measures, and that all efforts will be made to reach a negotiated settlement to the Ukrainian crisis.
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