Vedotov highlights Russia's ME role

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Yuri Vedotov has stressed that Russia will exert all efforts, as one of the peace process sponsors in the region, to overcome the current crisis and to carry out the roadmap.

In a statement before leaving to the Middle East, Vedotov said that he will hold talks with the Palestinians and the Israelis regarding the latest development in the Palestinian territories pointing out that these consultations are connected with discussions of the Middle East issue in the General Assembly of the United Nations next September.