Bennett, Putin speak about regional security

• Published date: 07 October 2021
• Author: LAHAV HARKOV
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

The leaders discussed "a number of subjects, foremost among them regional matters from a security and diplomatic perspective," the Prime Minister's Office said.

Bennett also wished Putin a happy 69th birthday.

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Last month, Bennett accepted an invitation from Putin to meet with him in Moscow, but no date has been set.

Putin and Bennett spoke a day after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amirabdollahian, in Moscow. Russia strongly supports reinstating the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, but the new government in Tehran has been noncommittal about returning to talks. Negotiations would resume "soon," Amirabdollahian said at a press conference with Lavrov.

There have also been tensions in the deconfliction mechanism between Israel and Russia in Syria, where the Russian Army maintains...