(Times of Israel) Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Black Sea resort town of Sochi on Friday. Bennett said, "Putin and I spoke about a wide range of issues, from his special relationship with the Jewish people to ways to deal with Islamic fundamentalism." Housing Minister Ze'ev Elkin, a native Russian speaker who accompanied Bennett as a translator, said the two held deep discussions on Iran's nuclear program and a very wide conversation on maintaining a coordination mechanism regarding Syria. "It was decided to keep policies vis-a-vis Russia in place [regarding airstrikes] in Syrian territory," Elkin said.
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