Opposition leader MK Isaac Herzog is leaving tonight for a diplomatic visit to Russia after he was invited by the foreign affairs committee of the Russian parliament, the Duma.
Herzog is slated to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, his deputy Michael Bogdanov and leaders of the Moscow Jewish community.
The visit comes just days before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is slated to visit Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on security cooperation and Israeli concerns about Iran.
“Russia is a very influential nation in the world and in our region, and I intend in my meetings to aggressively seek to prevent weaponry given [by Russia] to Syria from reaching the hands of Hezbollah, and the expansion of Hezbollah’s influence to the Syrian Golan, which is a red line from Israel’s perspective,” Herzog says in a statement.
He adds: “I will also focus on the Palestinian issue, the regional issue and social benefits for immigrants from Russia.”
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