Russia has signed an agreement with the Jerusalem municipality to a consular branch of its embassy to Israel in the occupied city. 

The confidential agreement was signed in Jerusalem in the presence of Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion, Russian Ambassador Anatoly Viktorov, and the special envoy of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergey Makarov, according to the Hebrew news site Ynet. 

Jerusalem municipality said that the branch of the Russian embassy will be equipped to provide full consular services to Russian citizens in and around Jerusalem.

Ynet also added that the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs sponsored the agreement and assisted in the negotiations. The final technical details will be ironed out within the next two months. 

The site indicated that the decision to open the consulate came as part of an agreement to resolve a real estate dispute between the Jerusalem Municipality and Russia over a 100-square-meter Russian-owned parking complex.