Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit speaks alongside U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a press appearance at the State Department in Washington, U.S., July 19, 2023.
REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMOSCOW, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Arab League Chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit headed to Moscow on Sunday for talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the situation in Gaza after Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched the biggest attack on Israel in years.
After Hamas's attack on Saturday, Russia expressed grave concern, calling on both Palestinian and Israeli sides to cease violence and blamed the West for blocking the Middle East Quartet.
Moscow said that a proper negotiation was necessary to provide for the creation of an independent Palestinian state within the borders of 1967 with a capital in East Jerusalem.
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