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• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| At the Church of the Nativity.|Bethlehem|June 26, 2012|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d3fa5e643c63a6b418.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d3fa5e6445ab9b189b.jpeg
• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| Vladimir Putin receives the Star of Bethlehem made by Palestinian craftsmen.|Bethlehem|June 26, 2012|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d3fa5e790e7696c358.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d3fa5e791750e71eb9.jpeg
• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| At the Church of the Nativity.|Bethlehem|June 26, 2012|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d3fa5e70f1da6ab771.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d3fa5e70facd10f4e5.jpeg
• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| At the Church of the Nativity.|Bethlehem|June 26, 2012|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d3fa5e7661342f445f.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d3fa5e766a150e698d.jpeg
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• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| Official welcoming ceremony.|Bethlehem|June 26, 2012|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d3fa5f69543b640299.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d3fa5f6959ebb7af98.jpeg
• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| With President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas.|Bethlehem|June 26, 2012|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d3fa5f92233ade8593.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d3fa5f922c168b42b9.jpeg
• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| With President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas.|Bethlehem|June 26, 2012|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d3fa5f8db4aec0c293.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d3fa5f8dbdb6740e14.jpeg
• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| Signing an agreement between Russia and Palestine on the legal status and activities of the museum and park complex in Jericho.|Bethlehem|June 26, 2012|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d3fa6df5f9d68428df.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d3fa6df60285c294ac.jpeg
• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| Statements for the press following Russian-Palestinian talks.|Bethlehem|June 26, 2012|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d3fa6db8c978925f99.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d3fa6db8d268270e93.jpeg
• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| Statements for the press following Russian-Palestinian talks.|Bethlehem|June 26, 2012|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d3fa6dbe5ef976463f.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d3fa6dbe67a683eb61.jpeg
• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| Statements for the press following Russian-Palestinian talks. With President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas.|Bethlehem|June 26, 2012|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d3fa6db04685e4909d.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d3fa6db04e453183eb.jpeg
• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| With President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas at the opening of the Russian Science and Culture Centre.|Bethlehem|June 26, 2012|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d3fa7aadf1498c1b11.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d3fa7aadfa4068619c.jpeg
• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| With President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas at the opening of the Russian Science and Culture Centre.|Bethlehem|June 26, 2012|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d3fa7a53110a74b8db.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d3fa7a5319c7864f33.jpeg
• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| At the Russian Science and Culture Centre.|Bethlehem|June 26, 2012|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d3fa76bbb3a57a7607.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d3fa76bbbc66f58e89.jpeg
• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| At the Russian Science and Culture Centre.|Bethlehem|June 26, 2012|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d3fa76c16d7f5ff06c.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d3fa76c17644f2ba10.jpeg
• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| Vladimir Putin signs the distinguished visitors' book in the Russian Science and Culture Centre.|Bethlehem|June 26, 2012|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d3fa76edc08c76c74d.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d3fa76edc9609edd76.jpeg
• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas signs the distinguished visitors' book in the Russian Science and Culture Centre.|Bethlehem|June 26, 2012|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d3fa76e8e4e1c1315a.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d3fa76e8edb9529e94.jpeg
• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| Opening of Russian Science and Culture Centre.|Bethlehem|June 26, 2012|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d3fa769e0aa106a44d.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d3fa769e13a2c280f1.jpeg

After the talks, an agreement between the Government of Russia and the Palestine Liberation Organisation, which represents the interests of the Palestinian National Authority, was signed in the presence of the two leaders, on the legal status and activities of the museum and park complex in Jericho.

President of Russia and President of the Palestinian National Authority issued a statement to the press after the meeting.

Earlier Vladimir Putin visited the Church of the Nativity and a Franciscan monastery.

The leaders of Russia and Palestine also took part in opening Russian Centre for Science and Culture in Bethlehem. A branch office of the Russian Federal Agency for the CIS Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation will also operate in the Centre built by the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society on a land plot assigned to the Society in 2008 by Palestine on a personal initiative of President Mahmoud Abbas.