The Prime Minister of Israel has declared the agreement with Russia on Syria
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the existence of agreements with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Syria. Tel Aviv, according to him, pledged not to attack Arab Republic, provided that the Damascus or Tehran will attack Israel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the existence of agreements with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Syria. He told about it in interview to the American TV channel CBS.
When Putin decided to send military forces to Syria, I went to him and said, “Look, here is what I would do. I’m not going to invade Syria, but at the same time, if Syria would attack the us if Iran tries to use Syria to attack us, we will stop them”Benjamin Netanhayu also
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Putin, according to Israeli Prime Minister, agreed. “So our armed forces are coordinating actions, because nobody wants unintended clashes between Israel and Russia”, — said the head of government, describing relations between the two countries as friendly.
Putin and Netanyahu held four meetings since the beginning of 2016, the last was held in June in the framework of the official visit of the Israeli Prime Minister to Moscow.
Israel regularly carry out airstrikes in Syria, their goal — object grouping “Hezbollah”. Tel Aviv considers it a terrorist, but the fighters of Hezbollah help Syrian government forces in the fight against the forces of the moderate opposition and terrorists.
Relations between Damascus and tel Aviv remain tense, particularly over the territorial dispute over the Golan heights. Israel occupied them at the end of the six day war in 1967, however, Damascus continues to consider the territory of their own.