​(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Advisor)
 
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met this morning (Monday, 5 September 2016), in Jerusalem, with Mr. Mikhail Bogdanov, President Vladimir Putin's Special Envoy for the Middle East.
 
The two discussed the possibility of coordinating a meeting between the Prime Minister and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. They also discussed President Putin's proposal to host a face-to-face meeting between the Prime Minister and President Abbas in Moscow.
 
The Prime Minister presented Israel's position that he is always ready to meet with President Abbas directly and without preconditions. He is therefore reviewing the Russian President's proposal and the timing of a possible meeting.