“The parties discussed current issues and possible prospects for bilateral military cooperation, the situation in the Middle East,” RIA Novosti quoted the Russian Ministry of Defense as saying.

It is noted that the negotiations confirmed the mutual disposition of the parties on the further development of Russian-Israeli military cooperation.

In early July, Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev held telephone conversations with Chairman of the National Security Council of Israel Meir Ben-Shabbat.