Putin calls for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to resume

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to resume, including on Jerusalem.Speaking on state television during a visit to Egypt today, Putin stressed the importance of "the immediate resumption of Palestinian-Israeli talks over all disputed issues, including the status of Jerusalem". His remarks came following the



controversial US decision to recognise the Jerusalem city as Israel's capital

Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas was also in Cairo today for crisis talks with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt, a key regional US ally, ahead of a summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, the main pan-Islamic body, on Wednesday.