Netanyahu to Meet Putin over Arms Sale to Syria

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"Israeli" Haaretz daily revealed Saturday that the Zionist entity's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to visit Russia later this month for talks that will include concerns Russia may be preparing to hand over to Syria advanced surface-to-air missiles.

Netanyahu "will travel to Moscow in the next two weeks and meet with President Vladimir Putin, " Haaretz posted on its website, citing a senior "Israeli" official.

"Netanyahu and Putin will discuss the Russian arms sales to Syria, in particular the sale of advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems," it said, adding that the premier would also seek to raise the Iranian nuclear issue.

Contacted by AFP on Saturday, Netanyahu's office declined to comment.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that "Israel" had provided information to Washington about the imminent sale to Syria of Russian S-300 missile batteries, advanced ground-to-air weapons that can take out aircraft or guided missiles.

British Prime Minister David Cameron visited Putin at his Black Sea vacation home on Friday to talk strategy on the Syria crisis, days after top US and Russian diplomats agreed to work together on a solution to the conflict.
In a visit to Warsaw on Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow was continuing to fulfill contracts by delivering military hardware to the Syrian regime.

"Russia has sold and signed contracts a long time ago, and is completing supplies of the equipment, which is anti-aircraft systems, according to the already signed contracts," he told reporters.
US Secretary of State John Kerry has warned that any such sale would be "potentially destabilizing" for the region.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org