The Hamas delegation during its visit to Moscow on the 19th of last month (communication sites)

Russia announced on Friday that it had invited the leaders of the Palestinian factions, including the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Islamic Jihad, and the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah), to talks in Moscow on February 29.

In this context, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov announced “inter-Palestinian” talks starting February 29 in Moscow. He said that the discussions will extend until the 1st or 2nd of next March.

The official, who also holds the position of the Kremlin's special envoy to the region (Middle East), explained that all representatives of the Palestinians were invited, and all political forces that have representatives in various countries, including Syria, Lebanon, and the Fatah movement, represented by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

Russian President Vladimir Putin repeatedly denounced the Israeli aggression that has been ongoing for four months on the Gaza Strip, which left tens of thousands of civilians martyred and wounded, most of them children and women, in addition to an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe and massive destruction of infrastructure, which led to Tel Aviv being brought before the International Court of Justice on charges of genocide.

On the 19th of last month, a Hamas delegation headed by Musa Abu Marzouk, head of the movement’s International Relations Office, held discussions in Moscow during the second visit of its kind since the beginning of the Israeli war on Gaza, and the Russian Foreign Ministry said that it urged the movement to release its detainees.

Moscow received a delegation from Hamas on October 26, weeks after the Palestinian resistance launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7.

According to observers, Moscow has sought in recent years to maintain good relations with all actors in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but relations have become strained with Israel due to the aggression against Gaza and its declared refusal to establish a Palestinian state.

Source: Agencies