“The Russian Embassy appealed to the Israeli Foreign Ministry with a request to quickly resolve the issue of automatically extending the validity of visas of Russian citizens in the country,” the representative of the TASS press service quotes.

According to him, the Israeli Foreign Ministry was assured of a positive solution to this issue.

In addition, the embassy said that on April 28 a special flight of Aeroflot airline was planned for the export of Russian citizens from Israel.

According to the diplomatic mission, in Israel there are currently about 70 Russian citizens who have arrived in the country for medical reasons, and almost 300 Russians who have arrived to visit relatives, work or study.

The embassy added that they are making efforts to resolve all issues of the stay of Russian citizens in Israel.

Earlier, a native of Russia, Boris Greenberg, in an interview with URA.RU, assessed the situation with coronavirus in Israel.