Putin 's call Hamas for the visit of Moscow  

2-19-2006

An American welcome ..A French support and an Israeli protest

The United States Of America said that it respects the sovereign decision of Russia with the call of Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas leaders for the visit of Moscow, at a time where the sharpness of the Israeli criticisms rose to this Russian attitude .

And in the situation of he reflects the non the desire of Washington for the hindrance of the Russian decision with the reception of Hamas leaders, the US State Department spokesman John Mccormack said that the American foreign minister Condoleezza Rice contacted in the morning its Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov and resulted from it on a guarantee that Moscow requests from Hamas the respect of the principles that the International Quartet Committee advertisement stated to the Middle East .

And the speaker added this what we received, they guarantee that he in case of a contact with Hamas then they will direct the clear message very and a very strong that the quatrain statement included, on Hamas that and on it he chooses that the conditions that the quatrain counted answer .

The American attitude comes after France declared its support of the call of the Russian president Vladimir Putin and considered it a reinforcement of the International Quartet Committee attitude .

And an assisting said that the spokesman of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs is inferior Simounou the initiative of Moscow took without the consultation with the partners over the quartet committee, but as long as we are still within the framework of the targets and the principles that were defined in the committee, we consider that this initiative can consolidate our situations .

From its side the Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Jaap De Hoop Scheffer excluded Friday any probability of doing the western military alliance of holding contacts with Hamas that seeks the creation of a Palestinian government after its winning of the legislative elections .

It is mentioned that the International Quartet Committee - who includes in addition to The United States all of Russia and the United Nations and The European Union - required last week on Hamas that it recognizes in Israel, and it abandons about what is named the violence and respects the agreements between the Palestinian Authority and Israel, before the western countries continue offering the aids to the Palestinians .

And within the framework of sticking Moscow to the call of Hamas facing the Israeli protests, the Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Ivanov on the margin of meeting the member states Ministers of Defense in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Sicily in Italy confirmed, that the International Family will not soon that he follows the example of Russia sooner or later .

From its side the special Russian envoy to the Middle East Alexander Kalougin said that the call of Hamas to the arrival to Moscow aims exactly at forcing the movement on the recognition in Israel .

And Israel resorted to power on the Russian step that the Israeli Minister of Education Meir Sheetrit considered an actual stab in the back, and said that Israel should think about the calling for of its ambassador in Russia a protest .

Also the Israeli president Moshe Katsav in following statements considered that the call of Hamas leaders to Moscow threatens the peace making horizons in the region .

From its side the Israeli foreign minister by delegation Tzipi Livni described the Russian step as the slippery slope that the one which would lead to the facilitation of the understanding of the other countries with Hamas .

And Hamas that a leading delegation carries out from it now visit of Doha has welcomed Putin 's call and said that it will answer it the moment receiving an official call by that .

And it is expected that the visit takes place according to the Russian envoy Kalougin in second half of the current month .