Sputnik - Benjamin Netanyahu said he planned to discuss Iran's attempts to maintain military presence in Syria with Vladimir Putin.




MOSCOW (Sputnik)�� Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he planned to�discuss Iran's attempts to�maintain military presence in�Syria at�the upcoming meeting with�Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"Tomorrow I will meet with�Russian President Vladimir Putin. I will be joined by�the Head the Mossad and the Head of�the National Security Council. I will discuss with�him Iran's accelerated attempt to�establish a military presence in�Syria. This attests, of�course, to�Iran's aggression, which has not lessened in�the wake of�the nuclear agreement. This also presents a problem not only to�Israel, but�rather to�all the nations of�the Middle East and the entire world," Netanyahu said as�quoted by�the prime minister's office on�Tuesday.

On Tuesday, the Kremlin press service said that Putin would hold talks with�Netanyahu in�the southern Russian city of�Sochi on�August 23 and discuss the Syrian issue, the fight against�international terrorism and the Palestinian-Israeli settlement.