Contrasting Announcements: PM Netanyahu Speaks with Russian President
Vladimir Putin

#1. Israeli announcement

PM Netanyahu Speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Thursday, 16 January 2020), spoke
by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin about regional developments
and regarding Naama Issachar.

The conversation was warm and to the point and strengthened the Prime
Minister's optimism that the issue of the release of Naama Issachar is
advancing towards a solution.

#2. Russian announcement

Telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of the State
of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu at the Israeli side’s initiative.
January 16, 2020 14:20
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/62591

The conversation covered a number of topical matters of Russian-Israeli
cooperation in the context of the Russian President’s upcoming visit to
Israel later this month to attend commemorative events marking the 75th
anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp and
International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Both parties underscored the
importance of preserving the historical truth about the events of World War
II and the unacceptability of revising its results.