Talks aimed at reaching a truce in the Gaza Strip will take place tomorrow in Qatar, three sources close to the negotiations told AFP, while Hamas’s participation is considered uncertain.
These new talks on a ceasefire, called for by the mediator countries (Qatar, the US and Egypt), will take place in Doha, confirmed a source close to Hamas and another with knowledge of the negotiations, in the presence of CIA director William Burns, according to a third source.
Abbas is asking Russia to mediate as well
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has accused the US of trying to exclude Russia from Middle East peace talks and says Moscow should play a role in those negotiations.
Speaking to Russia’s state-run TASS news agency during his visit to Moscow, Abbas said Russia “always sought and is seeking ways to resolve the issue peacefully.”
“America has always wanted to exclude Russia from this process,” Abbas added. “We do not accept under any circumstances the exclusion of Russia from any scheme for the settlement of the Middle East, because it has a truly just position on the Middle East issue, based on international law.”
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