Russia ready to promote direct contacts between Israel and PA

Russia is ready to promote direct contacts between Israel and the Palestinian Authority and working toward a high-level meeting of the Middle East Quartet mediating the Israel-PA peace process, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday, according to The Associated Press.

Speaking after a meeting with PA “foreign minister” Riad al-Maliki, Lavrov said, “We emphasized our readiness to facilitate direct dialogue between the Palestinians and Israelis in order to resolve all fundamental final-status issues.”