Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu
Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss with the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu during his visit to Moscow the situation in the middle East. This was reported on the Kremlin website Monday, March 6.
“During the upcoming talks planned in-depth exchange of views on the current situation in the middle East, especially in the context of joint efforts to counter international terrorism,” the statement said.
The two leaders will also discuss aspects of a settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. In addition, the agenda for their meeting includes the issues of trade-economic cooperation.
Sunday, March 5, the press-Secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that Putin and Netanyahu will meet on 9 March in Moscow.
The Prime Minister of Israel said that he intends to discuss with the Russian leader, the Syrian issue and the role it plays in Iran. “I intend to Express my strong disagreement of Israel with it. I hope we can reach an understanding,” — said Netanyahu.
The last time the leaders of Russia and Israel discussed the situation in Syria in December last year. They agreed that was the fact that Netanyahu promised not to invade Syria, if Iran will not use this country for attacking Israel. In this case, the Prime Minister expressed readiness to stop Tehran. Putin, according to Netanyahu, said Yes.