Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expressed hope Tuesday that the Palestinian group Hamas, which won January 25 elections, would endorse the "road map" peace plan with Israel "without reservations." "We heard from them that they would be ready to express their position on the road map and to hopefully endorse the road map ... without any reservations," he told reporters at a press conference with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, according to DPA. Lavrov recently held talks with Hamas. "We conveyed to them our commitment to the quartet position and explained that this would be in the interest of the Palestinian people if the quartet position is accepted by Hamas," Lavrov said.
