(DEBKA).Our sources confirm as unfounded the media claims that prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu traveled secretly to Moscow Monday, Sept. 8 for talks with Russian leaders. He did not leave the country at all, either for Moscow or any other destination.
The erroneous accounts of his putative trip have caused the Israeli government acute diplomatic embarrassment. Wednesday, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev and prime minister Vladimir Putin officially denied that they or any other high-ranking Russian officials had held talks with the Israeli prime minister or met him in Moscow.
The erroneous accounts of his putative trip have caused the Israeli government acute diplomatic embarrassment. Wednesday, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev and prime minister Vladimir Putin officially denied that they or any other high-ranking Russian officials had held talks with the Israeli prime minister or met him in Moscow.