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Middle East quartet to meet in Jerusalem

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MOSCOW, August 20 (RIA Novosti) - Special envoys of the Middle East quartet (Russia, the United States, UN and EU) will meet in Jerusalem Saturday.Foreign Ministry's Ambassador at Large Alexander Kalugin will represent Russia.

"Israel's withdrawal from Gaza is important," Kalugin said before his trip to the Middle East. "We hail and support it but regard it as the beginning of the movement toward stable peace between Israelis and Palestinians."

The meeting will focus on the situation in the region following the start of the implementation of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan.

The Russian envoy will meet with representatives of Israel and Palestine and visit the Gaza Strip, which is witnessing the pullout of Israeli settlements and military facilities.

Kalugin said that the pullout would be completed by the beginning of September and urged not to make pauses in the Middle East settlement after Israel's withdrawal from Gaza.

"Other moves should follow," he said. "Therefore, the quartet and other international intermediaries should consider these moves."

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