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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday, during the weekly cabinet meeting, announced he is heading to Moscow this week for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin.
Concerns over Iran and Syria will dominate the meeting according to the Prime Minister, who told cabinet ministers, “On Thursday I will meet with President Putin in Moscow. Syria and the effort to formulate an agreement there will be at the center of our conversation.
�In the context of this agreement, or without it, Iran is trying to establish itself permanently in Syria, with a military presence on the ground and at sea, and also a gradual attempt to open a front against us on the Golan Heights.
�I will express to President Putin Israel’s sharp and vigorous opposition to this possibility. I hope we will be able to reach certain understandings in order to reduce possible friction between our forces and theirs, as we have successfully done up until now�.
(YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
