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<div id="divImageDesc">Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) arrives in the West Bank to hold a meeting with acting Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas (L), June 26, 2012.</div>
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<div id="divLead">Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in the West Bank on a rare visit to the occupied Palestinian territories.</div>
<p>Putin arrived in Bethlehem on Tuesday, and is set to meet with acting Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas later on the day.</p>
<p>On arrival, the Russian president paid a visit to the Church of Nativity.</p>
<p>Putin’s visit to the West Bank comes after he met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in East al-Quds (Jerusalem) on Monday.</p>
<p>Direct negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian officials have been on hold since late September 2010.</p>
<p>Russia along with other members of the so-called Middle East Quartet, including the United States, the European Union and the United Nations, have sought to bring the sides back to the negotiations.</p>
<p>Palestinians, however, say they will not hold new talks unless the Tel Aviv regime freezes its illegal settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian lands.</p>
<p>SAB/HJL</p>
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