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Palestine is encouraging the spread of the Russian language

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Following his talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine Riyad al-Maliki on December 21, 2018, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made a statement and answered questions of the media, web page of the Foreign Ministry reported.

“Our trade remains modest, but the participants of the most recent meeting of the Russian-Palestinian Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation held last month discussed ways to encourage rapid and broad economic ties in all areas. In particular, they reviewed the activities which started a year ago following a Russian business mission’s trip to Palestine. Specifically, the issue is about a number of agricultural projects and creating joint ventures in industrial zones in Bethlehem and Jericho,” Lavrov said, adding, “I’m confident that the Eurasian Economic Commission’s decision to make the State of Palestine part of the group of countries enjoying preferential tariffs will help promote economic ties and trade.”

According to the Minister, “The number of Russian tourists is on the rise. Last year, 360,000 Russian citizens visited Palestine, primarily, holy places, which is almost 20% more than the year before. This year, Palestinian students received 150 state scholarships for studying at Russian universities.”

“The leadership of Palestine is encouraging the spread of the Russian language in their state. Russian is taught at the Russian-Palestinian Friendship School built with Russia’s assistance, the Russian Centre for Science and Culture in Bethlehem and its branch based in Hebron,” he noted.

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