Russia's Lavrov meets Hamas chief, invites him to Moscow: official

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Source: Reuters

World | Mon Aug 3, 2015 10:57am EDT

Russia's Lavrov meets Hamas chief, invites him to Moscow: official

GAZA

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in Qatar on Monday and invited him to visit Moscow, a Hamas official said, extending a diplomatic welcome to the Palestinian group shunned by the West.

Meshaal, who is based in Doha, last traveled to Moscow in 2010, four years after his first official visit to the Russian capital.

In a statement released in Gaza, the Hamas official said a delegation led by Meshaal briefed Lavrov on conditions in the Gaza Strip, which the Islamist movement rules, in the aftermath of last summer's war with Israel.

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"The (Russian) foreign minister extended an invitation to the leadership of (Hamas) to visit Moscow and the movement accepted the invitation and the date will be determined later," the official said.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/03/us-russia-hamas-idUSKCN0Q81NW20150803

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