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Convoy arriving2. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov waving at press, entering building3. Various of photo opportunity with Lavrov and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas4. Cameramen5. Lavrov and Abbas walking...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eRamallah, West Bank\u003cbr/\u003e1. Convoy arriving\u003cbr/\u003e2. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov waving at press, entering building\u003cbr/\u003e3. Various of photo opportunity with Lavrov and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas\u003cbr/\u003e4. Cameramen\u003cbr/\u003e5. Lavrov and Abbas walking to microphones\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic followed by simultaneous Russian translation) Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian President: \u003cbr/\u003e\"They did not reach an agreement and based upon the request President Ali Abduallah Saleh, both delegations have lengthened their stay till tomorrow - Saturday. (Russian translation). Therefore, we don't speak of a failure, we expect good things and we wait for tomorrow and what the day will bring.\"\u003cbr/\u003e7. Cameramen \u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The blockade of Gaza has become unacceptable and it should be ended as soon as possible, so that Gaza can live normally in the social, economic and other spheres.\" \u003cbr/\u003e9. Officials\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE (Russian followed by simultaneous Arabic translation) Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister:\u003cbr/\u003e\"In this context we are, of course, concerned over Israel's settlement activity. We call for its immediate halt. (Arabic translation) Russia supports peaceful process and Russia will do everything possible both to provide humanitarian and economic aid to Palestinians and to reinforce the efforts of the world community to support the Annapolis process.\" \u003cbr/\u003e11. Cameramen \u003cbr/\u003e12. Wide pan of Lavrov and Abbas leaving \u003cbr/\u003eGaza City, Gaza Strip\u003cbr/\u003e13. Establisher of Hamas spokesman Taher Nunu\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Taher Nunu, Hamas spokesman: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas) is confused about it and he keeps going back and forth, but we are serious.\"\u003cbr/\u003e15. End shot of Nunu's hands\u003cbr/\u003eRussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday called for an end to the blockade of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, and demanded that Israel halt its settlement activity.\u003cbr/\u003eLavrov termed the blockade, imposed by Israel and Egypt after Hamas militants seized control of Gaza in June, \"unacceptable.\"\u003cbr/\u003e\"The blockade of Gaza has become unacceptable and it should be ended as soon as possible, so that Gaza can live normally in the social, economic and other spheres,\" he said at a news conference in Ramallah with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who rules the West Bank.\u003cbr/\u003eThe takeover by the Islamic Hamas - which does not recognise the Jewish state - has dramatically deepened the hardship in Gaza, which is isolated internationally and under an Israeli and Egyptian blockade. \u003cbr/\u003eA coalition of eight British-based human rights organisations recently reported that about 80 percent of Gaza's residents are now dependent on food aid, and that unemployment is close to 40 percent.\u003cbr/\u003eLavrov expressed his support for Palestinian reconciliation talks underway in Yemen, and said it was very important for Israel and the Palestinians to carry out their commitments under the \"road map\" peace plan, which is the basis for negotiations renewed at an international conference in Annapolis, Maryland, in November.\u003cbr/\u003eThe first phase of the road map obliges the Palestinians to crack down on militant groups and obliges Israel to halt all settlement activity. \u003cbr/\u003eIsrael says the Palestinian efforts to rein in gunmen don't go far enough, while the Palestinians are angered over continued and planned Israeli construction in the West Bank and east Jerusalem - lands they claim as part of a future state.\u003cbr/\u003eLavrov told reporters that Russia was \"concerned\" about Israeli construction on land the Palestinians claim for a future state. \u003cbr/\u003eHe called for an \"immediate halt\" to Israel's  settlement activity.\u003cbr/\u003eLavrov arrived in the region late on Wednesday for a three-day trip to Syria, Israel and the West Bank. \u003cbr/\u003eIn Syria, his meetings included a session with Hamas' Damascus-based supreme leader, Khaled Mashaal, who fiercely opposes peace efforts with Israel. \u003cbr/\u003eIn Israel, Lavrov met with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and other Israeli leaders.\u003cbr/\u003eRussia is a member of the international Quartet of nations trying to broker a Mideast peace. \u003cbr/\u003eAt the news conference on Friday, Abbas backed Moscow's efforts to host a follow-up conference to the Annapolis gathering, where Abbas and\u003cbr/\u003eOlmert set the ambitious goal of reaching a deal by the end of this year.\u003cbr/\u003eIsrael has been cool to the idea of a Moscow conference, which Russia proposed immediately after Annapolis and would likely put a greater emphasis on bringing Israel and Syria back to the negotiating table after eight silent years.\u003cbr/\u003eDuring the joint press conference, Abbas also said reconciliation talks between rival Palestinian factions have been extended through Saturday in an effort to reach a breakthrough.\u003cbr/\u003eOn Thursday, Abbas' Fatah Party and the Hamas movement that rules the Gaza Strip accused each other of causing the talks to fail. \u003cbr/\u003eBut Abbas said on Friday that the two sides have agreed to keep the talks in the Yemeni capital of San'a going through Saturday, at the request of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.\u003cbr/\u003e\"We don't speak of a failure, we expect good things and we wait for tomorrow and what the day will bring,\" he told reporters.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Palestinian ambassador in Yemen, Ahmed al-Deek, said the two faction heads would sit together for a second time on Saturday.\u003cbr/\u003eIn Gaza City, Hamas government spokesman Taher Nunu has confirmed that the Hamas faction remains in Yemen, but said he believed Abbas was 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