Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov mentioned strengthening the potential of commerce and financial cooperation between Moscow and Tel Aviv along with his Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen throughout a cellphone dialog on Tuesday.
“The heads of the foreign ministries discussed topical tasks on the bilateral agenda with an emphasis on the importance of strengthening the potential for trade and economic cooperation. In this context, the need to convene the next meeting of the Joint Russian-Israeli Commission was emphasized,” an announcement by the Russian Foreign Ministry learn.
The assertion stated the 2 diplomats additionally reviewed the scenario within the Middle East and North Africa, additional noting that Lavrov additionally briefed Cohen on “certain aspects of the situation in Ukraine.”
It additionally stated Lavrov congratulated Cohen on his assumption of workplace, including that Lavrov expressed his “readiness to work together in the interests of strengthening diverse mutually beneficial cooperation between Russia and Israel.”
Cohen was just lately appointed as Israeli international minister as a part of the nation’s thirty seventh authorities below Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was formally sworn in at Israel’s parliament Knesset on Thursday.
He will function the international minister for less than a yr and rotate with one other member of the Knesset, Israel Katz, who serves because the nation’s present power minister.
