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February 19, 2016       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Amid-concerns-Syrian-war-may-widen-Russia-urges-Israel-to-resume-peace-process-445412

Israeli Foreign Ministry Delegation in Moscow for Talks Thursday

(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - Israel Foreign Ministry Director General Dore Gold met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Thursday. Gold and Lavrov know each other from when they served as their countries' ambassadors to the UN in the late 1990s. Lavrov praised Israeli-Russian cooperation, saying that President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet regularly and speak often on the phone. Diplomatic officials said the discussions covered issues "from Iran to Syria to the Palestinian issue." The discussions did not focus on security issues, such as Russia supplying S300 anti-aircraft batteries to Iran, since there is a security channel for those types of discussions. At the end of the meeting, the two sides signed an agreement outlining cooperation in 14 fields, including strategic planning.

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