{"id":41139,"date":"2018-02-14T06:58:33","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T06:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=41139"},"modified":"2018-02-14T06:58:33","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T06:58:33","slug":"putin-discusses-mideast-with-trump-hosts-abbas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=41139","title":{"rendered":"Putin discusses Mideast with Trump, hosts Abbas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"\u201cGiven the atmosphere created by the United State\u2019s actions, we … refuse any cooperation with the United States as a mediator,\u201d says Mahmud Abbas<\/strong><\/p>\n

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday at the start of talks with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas that he had discussed the Middle East conflict with his US counterpart Donald Trump, reports AFP.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just spoke with American President Trump,\u201d Putin told Abbas before continuing the talks behind closed doors. \u201cObviously we spoke about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Palestinian leader was visiting Moscow in a bid to secure Putin\u2019s support after Trump outraged the Palestinians and their allies by recognising Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n

The \u201csituation is far from what we want to see,\u201d Putin said, adding that he has \u201calways supported the Palestinian people\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is very important for us to know your personal opinion in order to set the record straight and put in place a common approach to solve this problem,\u201d Putin told his guest.<\/p>\n

Trump told Putin that \u201cnow is the time to work toward an enduring peace agreement\u201d, according to a White House statement.<\/p>\n

Abbas has refused any contact with Trump\u2019s administration since Washington\u2019s decision at the end of last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the atmosphere created by the United State\u2019s actions, we … refuse any cooperation with the United States as a mediator,\u201d said Abbas.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn case of an international meeting, we ask that the United States be not the only mediator, but just one of the mediators.\u201d<\/p>\n

Abbas\u2019s meeting with Putin came two weeks after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also visited Moscow.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu on Monday said he had been in talks with Washington about annexing settlements in the occupied West Bank, a move condemned by a top Palestinian official as \u201cland theft\u201d.<\/p>\n

The White House denied Netanyahu\u2019s claims, in a rare public show of disunity.<\/p>\n

Palestinians see the US Jerusalem decision, which broke with years of international diplomacy, as a denial of their claim to East Jerusalem as the capital of an eventual Palestinian state.<\/p>\n

Abbas, who is due to speak at the United Nations Security Council on February 20, has promised his people to work towards full recognition of a Palestinian state by the UN.<\/p>\n

Palestinian statehood is recognised by more than 130 countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cGiven the atmosphere created by the United State\u2019s actions, we … refuse any cooperation with the United States as a mediator,\u201d says Mahmud Abbas MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday at the start of talks with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas that he had discussed the Middle East conflict with his US counterpart Donald Trump, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":41140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n