Palestine Supports Russia's Proposal to Expand the Middle East Quartet

“We wholeheartedly support President Putin's proposal to expand the Quartet, as this would strengthen its role in seeking a full and comprehensive peace in the region by ending the Israeli occupation of the lands of the State of Palestine and declaring the independence of this state,” al-Habash said on the platform of the XVI BRICS summit in Kazan.

Earlier, Putin proposed to restore and expand the work of the Middle East Quartet to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The quartet, active in the past but inactive now, includes the EU, Russia, the US and the UN.