KREMLIN DECLARES DATE OF PUTIN'S VISITS TO EGYPT, ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

MOSCOW, April 19 (RIA Novosti) - The Kremlin has officially made public the date of Vladimir Putin's trip to the Middle East. The Russian president will visit Egypt, Israel and Palestine from April 26 through 29.On April 26-27 President Putin's routine visit to the Arab Republic of Egypt will take place at the invitation of the country's President Hosni Mubarak, the presidential press service reported. Invited by Israel's President Moshe Katzav, Putin will also visit the country on April 27-28. On April 29 the Russian head of state will come to the Palestinian territory to meet with Head of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas, the press service said.