Lavrov agrees Palestine-Israel negotiations should start with territorial issue
MOSCOW. Sept 1 (Interfax) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called fair the PNA President's appeal for making the territorial issue a cornerstone of Palestinian-Israeli negotiations.
"We see as fair the appeals of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for concentrating on the size of territories to make up the Palestinian state at the very start of the negotiations," Lavrov told MGIMO University students on Monday.
"Other issues, including the status of Jerusalem and the swap of refugees, will be resolved later," he said.
Unless this fundamental issue is taken into account, "The next round of the negotiations will create an impression that it will change nothing," the minister pointed out.
Lavrov hopes all member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will continue to support this policy.
