The visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Moscow on many parameters can be considered extraordinary. First, the head of the Israeli Government to include in the delegation of the Chief of the General Staff, the commander of military intelligence and the head of the National Security Council, which by virtue of their positions, are not often leave home. So began Monday’s visit can be regarded as a military-political. Secondly, and this is also an infrequent case, Netanyahu is accompanied on the trip by representatives of the Israeli media. And the message of the Kremlin that the meeting of the joint Russian-Israeli commission on trade-economic cooperation will be held only on September 27-28, once again confirms the interaction between Moscow and Tel Aviv in trade was not the main theme at the talks of President Putin and Prime Minister Netanyahu .
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In fact, why the head of the Israeli government decided to personally fly to Moscow as part of a military representative delegations, experts agree – Tel Aviv worried about the expansion of Russian assistance to the Syrian authorities in the fight with the group “Islamic State”. In Israel, considered that such a sensitive issue should not be discussed at a distance (this year, Putin and Netanyahu talked on the phone three times – from Ed.) And asked Putin for a personal meeting.
The challenge before the prime minister of Israel Moscow can be divided into two categories: political and military. Among the first is the question of coordination between the Israeli and Russian defense ministries. According to sources in the Israeli Defense Force Army, who arrived in Moscow generals must agree with their Russian counterparts on how to avoid mistakes in the identification of aircraft and flying objects in the sky of Syria. So that in the implementation of Russian humanitarian air operations was not tragic mistakes.
In addition to the purely military aspect, the head of the Israeli government hoped for understanding from the Kremlin on issues of military-technical cooperation between Moscow and Damascus. According to experts, talk about supplies of Russian arms to Syria today caused concern in Israel, where would like to receive assurances that this technique will be used by the Syrian military for its intended purpose – to fight the “IG”. And do not fall in the future, to the militants of the Lebanese group “Hezbollah”, which is an ally of the Syrian authorities. In Moscow, Netanyahu expected in a personal conversation to convince the Russian president to reconsider the nomenclature of the arms supplied to Syria so that it does not threaten Israel’s security. In turn, the Russian government has assured the Israeli prime minister that all of Moscow’s actions in the Middle East sector were and will be responsible.
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More One reason for the appearance of the prime minister of the Jewish state in Moscow – receive first-hand information about Russian-Iranian cooperation, and another attempt to convince Russia of the threats posed by the agreement with Iran on the peaceful atom. However, in this matter, “the train has left” all that Israel is, since it informed the Russian side about the unscrupulous actions of Iranians in implementing the nuclear deal.
According to experts, Netanyahu does not attempt to persuade Moscow to abandon the military and humanitarian aid to Syria. According to a senior Israeli defense source in the area, in Tel Aviv we are confident that the Russian military presence in Syria is not directed against the Jewish state and not a threat to him. However, in the chaos of civil war, Russia and Israel seek to avoid in Syria incidents of lack of proper coordination between the responsible for the direction of the Syrian authorities.
Netanyahu’s visit to Moscow has significant foreign policy aspect. The head of the Israeli government, which publicly fell out with US President Barack Obama because of the desire to conclude the latest nuclear deal with Iran, the White House decided to demonstrate what can change a partner in Middle Eastern affairs. According to a columnist for the Israeli newspaper “Haaretz”, a trip to Moscow, Netanyahu made it clear to Obama that “Jerusalem is no longer trusted by Washington to protect the security” and are ready to discuss these issues directly with influential players in the region, without American mediation.
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In turn, Moscow counting on the visit of Netanyahu, in addition to agreements on Syria to lift the Russian role in the Middle East “quartet” of international mediators engaged in the Palestinian-Israeli settlement. The ministerial meeting of the “quartet” allegedly held on the sidelines of UN General Assembly in New York.
“Business frank conversation between the two leaders,” as described the meeting Netanyahu and Putin’s Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, demonstrated the existing relations between the two states level confidence that can give impetus to resolving not only the military but also economic issues.
For the prime minister of Israel, whom the opposition within the country accused that their open confrontation with the president of the United States, he isolated the country internationally, visit Moscow show good reason: the time of the unipolar world are gone. And Israel is open to dialogue with new partners on the principles of trust and reciprocity in discussing sensitive issues for the country.
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