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Article: RUSSIA: IVANOV STEPS UP MID-EAST DIPLOMACY.(Russian Foreign Minister Ivanov hopes for increased role in Middle-East peace process)(Brief Article)
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- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
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- October 11, 2000
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Speaking in Algeria on 8 October during a visit aimed at boosting Russian-Algerian ties, Russian Foreign Minister Ivanov stressed that Moscow wants to boost its diplomatic efforts to speed up the Middle East peace process. Ivanov also underlined that President Putin is in "permanent telephone contact" with Middle East leaders to try to find a way to put a stop to the ongoing bloodshed in those Israeli territories under Palestinian jurisdiction. During Putin's ...