Putin offers $1 billion for rebuilding Gaza
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that Moscow is ready to allocate $1 billion from its frozen assets for rebuilding Gaza within the framework of the Board of Peace Council initiated by US President Donald Trump. Putin, who met Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in the Kremlin, also said that a fully sovereign and functional Palestinian state is the only key to genuine settlement in West Asia.
His remarks came as a group of leaders and senior officials from 19 countries joined Trump at a signing ceremony of the Board of Peace Charter in Davos, Switzerland. “We believe that the creation and efficient functioning of a sovereign Palestinian state is the only path to a final resolution of the Middle East conflict,' Putin said while welcoming Abbas, who arrived on Wednesday night on a two-day visit for high-level talks.
Putin, who has received an invitation to join the Board of Peace, welcomed Trump's peace efforts and said Moscow is ready to allocate $1 billion from Russia's frozen assets in the US to it for rebuilding Gaza. During the meeting, Abbas said that he considers Russia a great friend of the Palestinian people.
