首次对巴勒斯坦进行访问的俄罗斯总统梅德韦杰夫18日在约旦河西岸城市杰里科重申，俄罗斯支持巴勒斯坦建国的立场不会改变。对于梅德韦杰夫的这一表态，以色列方面担忧，可能有更多的国家跟随俄罗斯的立场支持巴勒斯坦建国，这将不利于其今后在中东和平进程中的谈判地位。
With drums beating, schoolboys parading and scores of people lining streets decked with Russian and Palestinian flags, the Russian leader's visit gave Palestinians a chance to show themselves as ready for statehood. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed Medvedev to Jericho, where the two s…