Russia: Putin offers Palestinians help

Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered a range of assistance to the Palestinians after talks in Ramallah.

He offered to help re-build Gaza’s economy, train security services and sell helicopters to the Palestinians.

The last stage of his Middle East tour took Mr Putin to the West Bank where he met Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.

It was Mr Putin’s first time in the Palestinian territories – a day after the first visit to Israel by any Russian leader.