Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said here on Tuesday he would not meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Moscow on September 9 as had initially been planned, the Polish Press Agency (PAP) reported.
Abbas, speaking at a press conference in Warsaw after meeting Polish President Andrzej Duda, explained the meeting had been proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"I was to leave Warsaw for Moscow to meet with Netanyahu. Unfortunately, Netanyahu's representative, during Monday's talks with President Putin's representatives, proposed postponing the meeting," Xinhua news agency quoted Abbas as saying.
"The meeting will not be held, but I declare that I will attend the next planned meeting in Moscow or any country in the world as dialogue is the only road leading to peace for the Palestinian nation," Abbas declared.
Abbas started his visit to Poland on Tuesday morning.
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