9:35 p.m .: Israel will not allow the “circumvention” of sanctions against Russia
Israel, which did not join the Western sanctions against Russia after the invasion of Ukraine, pledged on Monday not to allow their “circumvention” by Moscow and oligarchs, said the head of the Israeli diplomacy.
“Israel will not be a way to circumvent the sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States and other Western countries”, declared the head of Israeli diplomacy Yaïr Lapid, during a trip to Slovakia.
In early March, the Israeli government set up a special committee led by a senior Foreign Ministry official to guide the “Israeli response to these sanctions”, Israeli diplomacy spokesman Lior Haiat said, without specifying. whether this committee had since made any recommendations.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke on the phone for more than an hour on Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom he met ten days ago in Moscow, according to a senior Israeli official. He also met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday, the official added.