'Russia’s mediation more important for Gaza than humanitarian aid'

2 Mar, 2009 17:12 / Updated 15 years ago

Russia’s mediation is more important for Gaza than humanitarian aid, says Mikhail Troitsky, political analyst from the Moscow Institute of Foreign relations.

At the international conference held in Egypt to raise humanitarian aid for Gaza, Russia has pledged food, medicine, armored vehicles and helicopters to the Palestinian Authority.