Mahmoud Abbas and Benjamin Netanyahu will meet for talks in Moscow

Russian Foreign Ministry has announced that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have agreed "in principle" to meet in Moscow as Russia hopes for the revival of the peace talks.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated on Thursday that Moscow had heard from the offices of the Palestinian president and the Israeli premier that the pair agreed to meet in the Russian capital, Moscow, but added that it was not clear when the meeting would take place.

"The most important thing is to pick the right timing," Zakharova said, adding, "Intensive contacts on this are ongoing."

On Tuesday, Abbas said during a visit to Poland that a Russian-proposed meeting with the Israeli prime minister had been delayed.

Abbas added that he had agreed to a proposal by Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet Netanyahu in Moscow on September 9 and planned to travel to the Russian capital directly from Warsaw.