Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a meeting with Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia January 31, 2018. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in the southern Russian city of Sochi on Feb. 12, RIA news agency quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Thursday.