The Russia Today website announced the arrival of a leading delegation from the Hamas movement, headed by a member of its political bureau, Musa Abu Marzouk, today, Thursday, to the Russian capital, Moscow.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, during a press conference, that representatives of the movement are visiting Moscow, and “as for communications, we will inform you more about them later.”

For its part, the Hamas movement confirmed that its delegation met with the Special Envoy of the Russian President to the Middle East and Africa, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, and reviewed the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip.

The following is the text of Hamas's statement:

The delegation of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, led by the head of the movement’s International Relations Office, Dr. Musa Abu Marzouk, the Special Envoy of the Russian President to the Middle East and Africa, met with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Mikhail Bogdanov, at the headquarters of the Russian Foreign Ministry in the capital, Moscow, on Thursday afternoon. The movement’s delegation included all From a member of the Hamas movement’s leadership in the Gaza Strip, Dr. Bassem Naeem, and the movement’s representative to Moscow.

The movement's delegation reviewed the Zionist aggression against the Gaza Strip, and ways to stop the Zionist crimes supported by the United States and the West.

The movement’s delegation affirmed the right of our Palestinian people to freedom, self-determination and return, and their right to resist the Israeli occupation by all available means, and that the Zionist crimes against civilians will not cover up the military and security defeat they suffered on October 7th.

The movement's delegation praised the position of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the efforts of active Russian diplomacy, and stressed the need for the international community to shoulder its responsibilities towards the crime of genocide committed by the Zionist government.

Mr. Bogdanov expressed his country's position in support of the rights of the Palestinian people, and reviewed his country's efforts with the concerned parties aimed at a ceasefire, opening the crossings and bringing in humanitarian aid.