MOSCOW. Jan 9 (Interfax) - Russian presidential special envoy on the Middle East and the African countries Mikhail Bogdanov and Palestinian Ambassador to Russia Abdel Hafiz Nofal have discussed the overcoming the inter-Palestinian division, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
"The meeting focused on the prospects of overcoming inter-Palestinian division. The Russian party again stated that headway in Palestinian-Israeli settlement on the universally recognized basis of international law is impossible without achieving this priority task," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a report posted on its website.
"The meeting also addressed some vital practical issues of Russian-Palestinian relations," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.