Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to meet President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas and King of Jordan Abdullah II to discuss bilateral relations, international problems, Palestinian-Israeli relations, the situation in Syria and the Iranian nuclear program.
The president will visit Palestine in the morning and move to Jordan after meetings in Bethlehem.
Putin will discuss inter-Palestinian consents with account of Fatah and Hamas consultations in May. Business contacts will be boosted by the Russian-Palestinian business council that was launched in 2008.
Russia hosted the Palestinian Culture Festival in late 2011. Palestine will host the Russian Cultural Festival on June 27-29. Putin and Abbas will open the Russian Center for Science and Culture in Bethlehem and sign an intergovernmental agreement on the status and terms of operation of the Russian museum in Jericho opened in January 2011. The building for the center was provided in 2011.
Putin will conclude his visit to the Middle East in Jordan. He will meet King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein, open the Strannopriimny House for Russian pilgrims, exchange views on the situation in the region and events in Syria.
Russia and Jordan had a turnover of $147.9 million in 2010 and $350 million in 2011. Russia provided Jordan with two Il-76MFs worth $96 million, grain worth $68.4 million, petroleum worth $111.4 million, ferrous metals worth $38.1 million. Trade turnover in January-April tripled from $47.3 million in the same period last year to $153.8 million. Russia is assisting in the development of a nuclear power plant and grain terminal and the modernization of an oil terminal in Acaba.
Russia and Jordan signed a deal on the peaceful use of nuclear energy in 2009. Rosatom tendered to build the first nuclear power plant in Jordan.
Putin visited the Red Army Memorial in Netanya and held negotiations with Israeli President Shimon Peres. They discussed the Iranian nuclear problem.
Putin emphasized that Russia approves the Israeli constructive approach and bilateral relations. The Russian leader invited Peres to visit Russia in autumn 2012 to attend the opening of a tolerance museum in Moscow, dedicated to the Holocaust.
