TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has traveled to the Russian capital Moscow for talks on the recent developments in the Caucasus region, Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday.

He will meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov to hold “serious talks” and coordinate stances on the developments in the Caucasus region, Amir Abdollahian said upon arrival in Moscow on Tuesday evening. (Iran-Russia-Politics)

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JERUSALEM — Israel’s Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Wednesday met with the World Bank Group President David Malpass in Jerusalem, according to a statement issued by the Israeli Ministry of Finance.

The purpose of the visit was to strengthen economic cooperation between Israel and the World Bank’s activities around the world, it said. (Israel-World Bank-Talk)

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GAZA — The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Wednesday said that the atmosphere of the talks with Egypt’s General Intelligence Service Chief Abbas Kamel in the Egyptian capital Cairo is “positive.”

In a press statement emailed to Xinhua, Hamas said that the two sides discussed a series of issues related to the political developments, the bilateral relations, achieving Palestinian unity, and rearranging the internal Palestinian affairs. (Hamas-Egypt-Talks)

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CAIRO — Egypt’s Prisons Authority released on Wednesday 3,886 inmates on the occasion of marking the 48th anniversary of the October War in 1973, the country’s interior ministry said in a statement.

“The move was to implement President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi’s pardon decision,” the statement said. (Egypt-Release-Prisoners)