Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he was “at a bit of a loss” that a street was named after him in Bethlehem, news agencies reported.

Media reports said Putin was speaking to media in Jordon at the end of his Middle East tour, which included a stop in Bethlehem in the West Bank and talks with Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas who ordered a street to be named after his guest.

“I would like to live a bit longer,” Putin said with a smile on his face. “It was absolutely unexpected to me,” he told reporters.

“To be honest, I am at a bit of loss but there’s nothing you could do,” he said, indicating he did not want to protest so as not to offend his host.

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