The Prime Minister’s Office on Thursday afternoon confirmed that Israel and Turkey held direct talks in recent days about Syria, following multiple reports about such talks in recent days.

According to the announcement, the head of the delegation is National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi.

“Under the direction of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, last night a political-security delegation headed by the head of the National Security Council, Tzachi Hanegbi, and with the participation of senior representatives of the Ministry of Defense and the security agencies, met with a parallel Turkish delegation.”

“Israel thanks Azerbaijan and President Ilham Aliyev for hosting the important talks.”

“In the talks, each side presented its interests in the region, and it was agreed to continue the dialogue in order to maintain security stability.”

Earlier today, a senior political source confirmed that Israeli and Turkish officials began direct talks in Azerbaijan on a deconfliction mechanism in Syria.

The political source clarified what Israel’s red lines are. “Israel made it unequivocally clear that any change in the deployment of foreign forces in Syria – and in particular the establishment of Turkish bases in the Palmyra area – is a red line and will be considered a violation of all boundaries. Israel has already made it clear in the past that preventing this threat is the responsibility of the government in Damascus. Any action that endangers Israel will endanger the rule of al-Sharaa.”

Turkish sources also confirmed the talks in Azerbaijan.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)