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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)