Palestinian Authority head says killing of Hamas chief in Tehran ‘could have a damaging affect on truce talks’.
Israel has killed Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh to lengthen its conflict on Gaza, based on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
In an interview revealed by Russia’s state information company RIA in Russian on Tuesday, Abbas mentioned the assassination was “a cowardly act and a harmful improvement in Israeli politics”.
“There isn’t any doubt the aim of Mr Haniyeh’s assassination is to lengthen the conflict and broaden its scope,” he mentioned. “It is going to have a damaging affect on the continuing negotiations to finish the aggression and withdraw Israeli troops from Gaza.”
Abbas mentioned he would talk about the battle with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
The company quoted a diplomatic supply as saying that Abbas can be within the Russian capital from August 12 to 14.
“The principle objective of our go to is to carry consultations and trade views on the most recent occasions within the Palestinian and worldwide arenas, coordinate positions and strengthen bilateral relations in all areas,” RIA quoted Abbas as saying.
He’s additionally anticipated to be in Turkey from August 14 to fifteen.
Haniyeh was assassinated within the Iranian capital, Tehran, final week in an assault that drew threats of revenge on Israel and fuelled concern that the battle in Gaza would flip right into a wider Center East conflict.
Haniyeh was the face of Hamas’s worldwide diplomacy because the conflict began on October 7 final yr and had been participating in internationally brokered efforts to succeed in a ceasefire in Gaza.
Iran, which backs Hamas in its battle with Israel in Gaza, has blamed Israel for the killing and has pledged “harsh punishment” in retaliation. Israeli officers haven’t claimed duty.
Russia, which has solid shut ties each with Iranian Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Arab leaders, has condemned Haniyeh’s killing and referred to as on all events to chorus from additional destabilisation within the Center East.
It has additionally repeatedly scolded the West for ignoring the necessity for an unbiased Palestinian state inside 1967 borders.
Russia-Iran talks
On Monday, a senior ally of Putin, Sergei Shoigu, held talks in Tehran with Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, who mentioned he was decided to broaden ties with “strategic associate Russia”.
“Russia is among the many nations which have stood by the Iranian nation throughout troublesome occasions,” Pezeshkian advised Shoigu, the secretary of Russia’s safety council, Iranian state media reported.
The president mentioned that shared positions between Iran and Russia “in selling a multipolar world will definitely result in higher international safety and peace”.
In Washington, DC, US Division of State spokesperson Matthew Miller referred to Shoigu’s talks in Tehran, saying the US had no expectation that Russia would play a productive position in easing Center East tensions.
Miller mentioned Washington had been sending messages by means of its diplomatic engagements encouraging nations to inform Iran that escalation within the Center East just isn’t in Tehran’s curiosity. Diplomatic strain has mounted to avert an escalation between Iran and Israel.
