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Medvedev due in Amman Tuesday

AMMAN/MOSCOW (Agencies) – Upon an invitation by His Majesty King Abdullah, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will start a two-day working visit to the Kingdom on Tuesday, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

During the visit, King Abdullah and Medvedev will hold talks on bilateral ties and means to enhance cooperation, particularly in the economic and investment fields.

Discussions will also cover Middle East developments and efforts to overcome the obstacles hindering the relaunch of serious and effective Palestinian-Israeli negotiations based on the two-state solution, Petra said.

A strike by Israeli diplomats earlier this month forced Medvedev to cancel a visit to Israel, leading him to reduce the Middle East trip to just Amman and the West Bank, where he will also hold talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the Kremlin said, according to Reuters.

His trip comes ahead of next month’s meeting of the Quartet of Middle East mediators – Russia, the EU, the UN and the US – who will convene in Munich to consider how to resuscitate the talks, Reuters reported.

US diplomatic efforts to revive direct peace talks between Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu collapsed late last year after Israel refused to extend a 10-month partial freeze on settlement building in the occupied West Bank.

Medvedev’s trip is rare: The last time a Russian leader visited the West Bank was then-president and current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, in 2005, according to Reuters.

Israel said it was “disappointed” when Medvedev met last year with Khaled Mishaal, the exiled leader of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.

The strike in Israeli foreign ministry is said to have “frozen” many of its diplomatic activities at home and abroad.

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