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Israel's defense minister Barak to visit Russia
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak will visit Russia next week to discuss Israel's security concerns and Russian interest in purchasing Israeli arms, an Israeli official said Monday.
Israel is worried by Iranian and Syrian efforts to acquire Russian anti-aircraft missile systems and has long lobbied Moscow to support U.N. Security Council sanctions targeting Tehran's disputed nuclear program.
Russia has been building up a fleet of Israeli-made spy drones since Georgia used such Israeli aircraft against Russian armed forces in their brief 2008 war.
Asked about Barak's September 5 visit, an Israeli official said: "Moscow is a very important power to us in terms of defense and diplomacy. As far as what we want from them, we see room for accommodation and the same applies to what they want from us."
(Reporting by Dan Williams, Editing by Jon Hemming)
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