Russia will benefit if there is peace in the Middle East, said two Israeli Cabinet ministers visiting Moscow. Peace with Syria, Lebanon and the Palestinians would create a “new economic market of more than 200 million people,” said Trade and Industry Minister Ran Cohen, who is in Russia along with Interior Minister Natan Sharansky.
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