On 27 February, Russian President Vladimir Putin and PM Benjamin Netanyahu met in the Kremlin in Moscow. According to the Kremlin’s website, the leaders discussed issues of bilateral trade, economic and humanitarian cooperation and major international and regional problems, in particular, the situation in Syria and settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. PM Netanyahu told Putin that “ties between us have prevented friction between our armies and contributed to security in the region.” He also said that the biggest threat to Israel was Iran and it was determined to continue its attacks to prevent Iran to get a military hold on Syria. His counterpart answered briefly saying that “It is very important that we continue to cooperate. Israel and Russia have been at odds since September when Syrian air defenses shot down a Russian plane and Russia blamed it on Israel”. Putin accepted the PM’s invitation to participate in the opening of a monument to survivors of the Siege of Leningrad in Jerusalem.