MOSCOW. June 16 (Interfax) - Russia's Special Representative for the Middle East and Africa, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov has spoken by telephone with Palestine's Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh, who is also deputy chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization and a member of the Fatah Central Committee, to discuss the situation in the Middle East against the backdrop of the Iran-Israel conflict, a statement on the Russian Foreign Ministry's website said on Monday.
"The discussion focused on the current military and political crisis in the Middle East, which threatens unpredictable consequences, as the result of Israel's forceful action against Iran on June 13," the statement said.
"A special emphasis was made on the explosive situation on the West Bank in the context of Israeli illegitimate measures to restrict activities of the Palestinian National Authority," it said.