Netanyahu: Russia and Israel will coordinate action in Syria – BBC Russian

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Image caption Putin assured Netyanyahu that the Syrian army has no resources to open a second front – against Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced jointly with Russia’s plans to coordinate military action in Syria.

“My goal was to eliminate misunderstanding between the Israeli army and Russian forces,” – said Netanyahu after talks in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

According to the Israeli Prime Minister, leaders of the two countries failed to agree on mechanisms to prevent situations which could lead to an accidental skirmish between soldiers of Israel and Russia.

The Israeli prime minister arrived in Moscow together with the Chief of the General Staff of the Army and commander of military intelligence.

From the beginning, it was announced that discussed will the situation in Syria.

“I am here at the precarious security situation, which is becoming more difficult on our northern border,” – said at the beginning of the meeting Netanyahu.

The Agency Reuters, citing an unnamed source close to the Israeli delegation, said that it was in talks in Moscow can talk about the fact that Russia and Israel are clearly razgranichat zone, which will be carried out the operation in Syria, or even agree that one party will from flying aircraft during the day, and the other – at night.

In recent years, the Western press and the blogosphere go more active rumor about the transfer of Russian military in Syria. Russia officially confirmed the delivery to the country of weapons, but denies direct involvement in going there since 2011 civil war.

Israel fears that some of the weapons, which Russia supplies the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, could fall into the hands of long-standing enemy of Israel – the Shiite group “Hezbollah”.

The Arab media have paid great attention to the visit of Netanyahu to Moscow, stressing that both sides claim the overall objectives in the field of security in the Middle East.

At the same time supporting “Hezbollah” the Lebanese newspaper “Al-Akhbar”, commenting on Netanyahu’s visit to Moscow, he called a meeting in Novo-Ogaryovo consequence of the fact that Israel can no longer ignore the presence of Russian military forces in Syria.

As the newspaper writes, Israel realizes that the Russian presence will play into the hands of “Hezbollah”. The newspaper quoted Netanyahu adviser, who said that Russia is creating a new reality in the region – what happened the last ten years.