Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, today (Monday, 5 July 2021), spoke – for the first time – with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Prime Minister Bennett thanked President Putin for his congratulations on forming a government in Israel and expressed his appreciation for the historic bond between the Russian and Jewish peoples.

The leaders discussed several security and diplomatic issues; the Prime Minister thanked the Russian President for the role his country is playing in maintaining regional stability and for the assistance on the issue of the captives and the missing.

The two also discussed the role of Russian aliyah in Israel and the great importance that the Prime Minister ascribes to it as a bridge between the two countries.

Prime Minister Bennett and President Putin agreed to meet soon.