Israel rejected Russia's idea of ​​the security zone near the Golan Heights

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov on Syria and Iran

The Israeli authorities rejected the Russian Federation's proposal to create a 100-kilometer zone in front of the dividing line between Israel and Syria. This proposal was made on Monday, July 23, during the talks between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Russian delegation led by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Jerusalem

Netanyahu replied that Israel does not want to talk to Israel about it. would not allow Iranian units acting in the side of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, and approaching 100 kilometers from the Golan Heights, reports Reuters, quoting a spokesman for the anonymous Israeli government.

Meanwhile Netanyahu Moreover, he "highly appreciated the statements concerning the security of Israel" during a meeting between the Russian and American Presidents, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Helsinki

Two weeks after the Netanyahu-Putin meeting in Moscow, the Israeli Prime Minister held talks with Lavrov and the chief of the General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, on the Syrian conflict, in particular, on the issue the presence of Iranian troops in Syria. At the meeting, the issue of security along the borders of Israel was also discussed, reported the Russian Foreign Ministry