Abbas’s previous visit to Moscow took place in July 2018.
According to TASS, Palestinian Ambassador to Moscow, Abdel Hafiz Nofal, on the sidelines of the Russia-Islamic World: KazanSummit 2021 economic summit, said that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s visit to Russia is being prepared; it is scheduled for late September.
“The visit of the President of Palestine to the Russian Federation is being prepared. I hope that by the end of September”, the ambassador said.