PM Bennett Speaks with Russian President Putin
Israel - Prime Minister's Office
Government: The 36th Government
Publish Date: 05.05.2022
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin, today.
The Prime Minister presented the President with a humanitarian request to examine various options for evacuation from Azovstal in Mariupol. The request came as a result of Prime Minister Bennett's conversation yesterday with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.
President Putin promised to allow the evacuation of civilians, including wounded civilians, through a UN and Red Cross humanitarian corridor.
In addition, the two discussed Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov's remarks. The Prime Minister accepted President Putin's apology for Lavrov's remarks and thanked him for clarifying his attitude towards the Jewish people and the memory of the Holocaust.
Prime Minister Bennett thanked President Putin for his wishes on the occasion of the 74th Independence Day of the State of Israel.
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