RUSSIAN FOREIGN SERGY LAVROV MINISTER SAID MOSCOW HOPES THAT THE FORTHCOMING PALESTINIAN-AMERICAN-ISRAELI MEETING WILL BENEFIT FROM THE AGREEMENT OF MAKKAH CONCLUDED BY HAMAS AND FATAH MOVEMENTS UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA. LAVROV DESCRIBED THE AGREEMENT OF MAKKAH AS AN IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT, AND SAID COLLECTIVE EFFORTS SHOULD BE EXERTED TO ENCOURAGE PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI TALKS. HE NOTED THAT THE APPROVAL OF HAMAS TO RESPECT ALL RESOLUTIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND THE RESOLUTIONS OF THE ARAB LEAGUE, INCLUDING THE INITIATIVE TO ESTABLISH SOLID PEACE WITH ISRAEL ON THE BASIS OF NORMALIZATION OF ARAB-ISRAELI RELATIONS IN RETURN OF ISRAEL'S COMPLIANCE WITH THE UN'S RESOLUTIONS PERTAINING TO THE WITHDRAWAL FROM THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES WAS THE BASIC ELEMENT OF MAKKAH AGREEMENT.
