President Abbas said that Palestinian lands have suffered immense harm under Israeli occupation.

On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that only the establishment of a fully functioning Palestinian state can bring a lasting resolution to the Middle East conflict.

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He made the remarks during a meeting with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas in Moscow, adding that Russia’s approach to the Middle East conflict “is principled and not subject to short-term political expediency.”

At the beginning of the Kremlin meeting broadcast on television, Putin also proposed to the Palestinian leader to send US$1 billion in Russian assets frozen in the United States for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip through the Peace Board.

The Russian leader mentioned that this possibility has already been discussed with White House representatives and that he will do so again in a meeting with American emissaries, Steve Witkoff and Yared Kushner.

Putin also noted that Russia had provided vital humanitarian aid to Gaza at the height of the region’s crisis, including over 800 tons of aid and some 32 humanitarian operations.

Abbas told Putin that Palestinian lands have suffered immense harm under Israeli occupation, which has brought widespread destruction to the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Jerusalem.

“The number of killed and wounded in the Gaza Strip has reached 260,000, with thousands more injured in the West Bank,” he said, adding that Gaza has been virtually levelled, with 85 percent of its infrastructure destroyed.

“We categorically oppose the attempts by the United States and Israel to expel Palestinians from their ancestral homeland… The Palestinian people are resolute in their determination to remain on their land, no matter the cost,” Abbas pointed out.  

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Sources: Xinhua – EFE

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