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Ahead of Trump announcement, Kremlin says issue of Jerusalem ‘not easy’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Kremlin is also concerned about US President Donald Trump’s expected announcement recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
The move could upend decades of US policy and risk potentially violent protests in the Middle East where the Arab Muslim majority is strongly opposed to the idea.
Speaking to reporters in Moscow, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov says that the “the situation is not easy.”
He says Putin discussed the issue with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas late last night and expressed his concern about “a possible deterioration.”
Peskov says, however, that the Kremlin would refrain from commenting on a decision that has not been announced yet.
— AP
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