Bennett and Putin talk about regional security
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone on Thursday.
The leaders discussed “a number of subjects, foremost among them regional issues from a security and diplomatic point of view,” the prime minister’s office said.
Bennett also wished Putin a happy 69th birthday.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian hold a joint press conference following their meeting, in Moscow, Russia, on October 6, 2021 (Kirill Kudryavtsev / Pool via REUTERS)
There have also been tensions in the deconfliction mechanism between Israel and Russia in Syria, where the Russian military maintains a presence. Israel is attacking Iranian targets in Syria who may attempt to establish themselves on Israel’s northern border or transfer weapons to Hezbollah.
In August, the Russian military in Syria announced that its air defense systems had shot down 22 of the 24 missiles launched by Israel into Syria. Two weeks later, a Russian-made missile launched from Syria landed in central Israel.