PM Netanyahu meets with Russian delegation 23 July 2018
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PM Netanyahu meets with Russian delegation in Jerusalem

  • 7/23/2018
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    The link between us is extraordinarily important. I appreciated the words that were spoken by President Putin together with President Trump regarding the security of Israel during the recent summit.
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    PM Netanyahu with Russian Chief-of-Staff Gerasimov (far left) and FM Lavrov in Jerusalem PM Netanyahu with Russian Chief-of-Staff Gerasimov (far left) and FM Lavrov in Jerusalem Copyright: GPO/Haim Zach
     
     
    ​(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)
     
    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this evening (Monday, 23 July 2018), at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, met with a Russian delegation led by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov. Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, IDF Chief-of-Staff Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eisenkot, National Security Council Director Meir Ben-Shabbat and other senior officials also participated in the meeting at which Iran and the situation in Syria were discussed.
     
    Prime Minister Netanyahu said at the start of the meeting: "The link between us is extraordinarily important and it exists, as you have seen, in the direct meetings between myself and President Putin and between our staffs. I appreciated the words that were spoken by President Putin together with President Trump regarding the security of Israel during the recent summit."