Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Feb. 21, Israeli media reported Tuesday.
The talks will be the first meeting in Moscow between Putin and Netanyahu since the downing last September of a Russian warplane in Syria — an incident for which Moscow blamed Israel at the time.
According to the Israeli Broadcasting Authority, talks will focus largely on developments in Syria with an emphasis on Israel’s continued opposition to Iran’s military presence in the war-weary country.