Hamas leader Ismail Haniya. Archival photoMOSCOW, September 14The Palestinian delegation is satisfied with the visit to Moscow, decisions have been reached on a number of issues in the Middle East, leader of the Palestinian Hamas movement Ismail Haniya told RIA Novosti. «The Hamas delegation met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov , our meetings were also held in the State Duma and other structures. We discussed issues of security and further cooperation, including in the Middle East,» Khaniya said during a visit to the Cathedral Mosque of Moscow. According to him, contacts between Russia and Palestine have acquired » the systemic nature of the relationship.» «We share many positions of Russian foreign policy. In turn, Russia is attentive to the problems of Palestine, in particular, to the resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the status of Jerusalem, taking into account our demands to Israel,» Khaniya said. On Wednesday, the delegation Hamas will meet Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov in Kazan.
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