The Middle East quartet of international mediators should be more active in facilitating Palestinian-Israel talks, the Russian foreign minister said on Tuesday.
"We are convinced that...the quartet of international mediators should become directly involved in lending support to this dialogue," Sergei Lavrov said.
He said Moscow hoped the ongoing negotiations would produce a result, although "this will not be easy to do."
Direct talks between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resumed on September 2 in Washington, after an almost two-year hiatus, with the two leaders expressing their readiness to search for a compromise.
The sides agreed to direct talks in late August after the United States and other members of the Middle East Quartet of mediators (the UN, EU and Russia) promoted the initiative.
PARIS, September 7 (RIA Novosti)
