Russia proposed to the Security Council of the UN to send its first mission to the Middle East since 1979 to try to revive the stalled peace process between Israelis and Palestinians, said the Russian ambassador to the world body, Vitaly Churkin. The diplomat noted that members of the highest international security agreed to discuss a Russian proposal in the coming days, but added that some countries have expressed doubts about its appropriateness at this time.
"We are concerned about the situation in the Middle East. As we know the efforts to revive negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians are at a standstill and the situation in the region is quite fragile," said the Russian ambassador to the output of a Security Council meeting . Churkin stressed that Moscow's proposal is not due to the outbreak in the last two months of popular protests for democracy in countries such as Tunisia and Egypt, and which, he said, Russian diplomacy was considering the idea since before the end of last year .
In his view, a Security Council mission would help to "stabilize the situation in some way and help efforts to resume negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians." Also linked the initiative with the intention of the Middle East Quartet (Russia, EU, UN and European Union) meeting in Munich last Saturday to get more involved in the peace process with the goal of the parties to reach an agreement in September.
He noted that Moscow and held talks with Israelis and Palestinians about the proposal and received "encouraging response" from both sides, so now try to convince the other fourteen members of the Security Council to approve the mission. "I heard some serious questions and some concerns, but no input rejected the idea of carrying out this mission," he said.
Although the possible route is to be established, the Russian ambassador felt that the mission would visit Israel, West Bank, Syria and Lebanon and Egypt for talks with the Arab League and, "if circumstances permit," talk with the government Cairo. "We have to prepare carefully the message we want to and the places we visit, and we all want the international community to contribute to advancing the peace process in the Middle East," said Churkin.
At its meeting last Saturday, the Quartet discussed how to revive negotiations between the parties, blocked after the Israeli government's refusal to extend a moratorium on the construction of Jewish settlements in the occupied territories. Among other things, agreed to prepare a mid-March meeting in Brussels which will be attended Israeli and Palestinian envoys to try to revive direct talks after the United States gave up late last year. 
"We are concerned about the situation in the Middle East. As we know the efforts to revive negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians are at a standstill and the situation in the region is quite fragile," said the Russian ambassador to the output of a Security Council meeting . Churkin stressed that Moscow's proposal is not due to the outbreak in the last two months of popular protests for democracy in countries such as Tunisia and Egypt, and which, he said, Russian diplomacy was considering the idea since before the end of last year .
In his view, a Security Council mission would help to "stabilize the situation in some way and help efforts to resume negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians." Also linked the initiative with the intention of the Middle East Quartet (Russia, EU, UN and European Union) meeting in Munich last Saturday to get more involved in the peace process with the goal of the parties to reach an agreement in September.
He noted that Moscow and held talks with Israelis and Palestinians about the proposal and received "encouraging response" from both sides, so now try to convince the other fourteen members of the Security Council to approve the mission. "I heard some serious questions and some concerns, but no input rejected the idea of carrying out this mission," he said.
Although the possible route is to be established, the Russian ambassador felt that the mission would visit Israel, West Bank, Syria and Lebanon and Egypt for talks with the Arab League and, "if circumstances permit," talk with the government Cairo. "We have to prepare carefully the message we want to and the places we visit, and we all want the international community to contribute to advancing the peace process in the Middle East," said Churkin.
At its meeting last Saturday, the Quartet discussed how to revive negotiations between the parties, blocked after the Israeli government's refusal to extend a moratorium on the construction of Jewish settlements in the occupied territories. Among other things, agreed to prepare a mid-March meeting in Brussels which will be attended Israeli and Palestinian envoys to try to revive direct talks after the United States gave up late last year.
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