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Hamas team to visit Russia next month

Vladimir Radyuhin

MOSCOW: A delegation of Hamas will pay a visit to Moscow next month, Moscow formally announced on Thursday.

"Agreement has been reached in principle that a delegation of the Hamas leadership will come to Moscow in early March," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a one-line press statement.

The Russian Foreign Ministry did not say who will lead the Hamas delegation, but the group's spokesman was quoted as saying that the invitation had been sent to Hamas politburo chief Khaled Meshaal.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin announced the invitation to Hamas during a visit to Spain last week.

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