Israel will coordinate with Russia the departure of foreign forces

JERUSALEM.- Israel will coordinate with Russia to ensure the departure of foreign armed groups with a military presence in Syria, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday after meeting on Wednesday in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

According to Netanyahu, the two countries agreed to "continue the security coordination mechanism between the Russian army and the Israeli army" in Syria and agreed on a "common goal" for "the withdrawal of foreign forces who arrived there before the outbreak of the war ". "civil society", they will therefore constitute "a joint team".

The head of government said at the beginning of the ministerial cabinet meeting that Iran was the central issue that was dealing with the Russian president, he told him "unequivocally that Israel will not allow the military concentration of Iran in Syria "and badured his forces they will lead more" military actions "against the Iranian presence in the neighboring country if they deem it necessary.

Putin and Netanyahu have held meetings eleven times since September 2015, when Russia became militarily involved in the Syrian conflict, where it is the main ally of the Bashar al-Assad regime alongside Iran.

Israel views Tehran's military presence in Syria as a threat to its existence. He reiterated that he would not tolerate "disposing of a base" near his border and repeatedly attacked Iran's military objectives on Syrian territory and his ally. the Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah militia.

Moscow did not want to comment immediately. In the past, Russia has favored the departure of other Syrian forces, although it intends to maintain a garrison in the long term.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with the Kuwaiti News Agency (KUNA) on Sunday that the situation in Syria has visibly stabilized after Syrian government forces' support operations. Russian

But Lavrov said it was too early to declare the "terrorist threat" eliminated in Syria, in reference to rebels led by Islamists. The United States has reduced its own forces in Syria to the point that insurgents of the Islamic State are about to be defeated.

CONGRATULATIONS

Netanyahu yesterday congratulated the British authorities for including Hezbollah in its list of terrorist organizations and called on other European countries and the world sphere "to join this important decision".

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