MOSCOW. May 19 (Interfax) - Russia will continue to promote the resolution of acute regional problems in the Middle East and North Africa based on the principles of respect for state sovereignty and the norms of international law, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
"We intend to continue our active support for collective efforts towards peacefully resolving acute regional problems, including the crises in Sudan, Yemen, Libya and Syria, with the utmost respect for state sovereignty and existing norms of international law. We will continue to give our full assistance in settling the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, on the basis of approaches defined by respective UN resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative authored by the host of this LAS summit, Saudi Arabia," Putin said in his greetings to a summit of the League of Arab States (LAS).