JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman will meet on Thursday with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in Moscow, Israel’s Defense Ministry said in a statement on Monday.
The statement said that Shoigu had invited his Israeli counterpart but gave no details about the nature of the discussions, which come against the backdrop of Israeli calls for an end to any Iranian military presence in Syria.
Reporting by Ari Rabinovitch, Editing by Jeffrey Heller
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