Hamas leader's trip to Moscow on Jan. 15 cancelled - Ifax

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A trip to Moscow next week by the leader of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has been cancelled, Interfax news agency quoted the ambassador for the Palestinian Authority to Russia as saying on Thursday.

The Hamas leader had been expected to hold talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Jan. 15.

(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Gareth Jones)