Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is welcomed by representatives of the Israeli Embassy in Russia, as well as Russian delegates, as he arrives on an official visit to Moscow, Russia, September 21, 2015.
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During the talks, they agreed on such a mechanism, the Haaretz report said. “Everyone has an interest in preventing an unnecessary clash”, Netanyahu said.
“Our policy is to do everything to stop weapons from being sent to Hezbollah”, Netanyahu said.
“Israel is taking action and, when it does so, it is important for everyone – including Russian Federation – to know that we are taking action”.
Putin welcomed Netanyahu’s visit, but expressed skepticism over the latter’s Syria warnings.
Yesterday (Monday) Novaya Gazeta, an independent Russian newspaper, reported that Moscow might launch “demonstrative” strikes in support of Bashar al-Assad’s embattled Syrian government in the coming days, before President Vladimir Putin is due to speak to the United Nations general assembly next week.
Israel has carried out raids against militants in southern Syria and wants to ensure Lebanon’s Hizballah Islamist group is not armed as Russian Federation arms Syria.
It’s also about issues that go beyond the civil war and to groups and efforts that threaten more directly.
Mr Netanyahu said Iran and Syria were “trying to set up a second terrorist front on the Golan Heights”, a Syrian plateau which was mostly captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war. A number of airstrikes over the last several years, reportedly targeting Iranian backed cells and weapons shipments, have been assigned to Israel.
Mr Cohen added that the Israeli team wanted “to clarify with the Russian side their intentions and possible implications for Israel, and the required coordination between us in the future, should it be necessary”. He said Russian Federation had always behaved responsibly in the Middle East.
“As for shelling, we know, we condemn that shelling”.
Putin reassured Netanyahu, saying that “in regard to Syria, we both understand that the Syrian Army and Syria itself is in no position to open a “second front” as they should be saving their own statehood”.
“Still, Moscow’s is the only diplomatic game in town because Washington’s Plan A continues to be regime change, and there’s no coherent “Western” road map which simultaneously guarantees smashing ISIS/ISIL/Daesh while preventing the catastrophic dismemberment of the Syrian state”, Escobar says. Russian Federation has been focusing forces on the Syrian coast, where it has a major naval base.
Islamic State The campaign to defeat Islamic State should take precedence for the global community over changing the Assad regime, Mr Putin said last week.
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At a news conference Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told CNN’s Elise Labott that his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, has assured him that Russian activities in Syria are aimed at fighting ISIS.
