(AP) - JERUSALEM, 6 September - At least limited to the fight against terrorism
Israel and Russia are now a unit '
of purpose and a common language: a merciless fight a scourge that
, in the opinion of two countries, threatens the entire world. to this community of interests, the 'wave of' horror
raised everywhere from the massacre of hundreds
of hostages in the school in Ossetia, the 24-hour visit that
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov Serghiei made today in Israel, in
part of a trip to different states of the region, has given concrete expression
with clear satisfaction of the owners
home.
The theme of terrorism has apparently prevailed on other issues
- with the possible exception of
Iranian nuclear project - which originally, that 'before the tragedy in Ossetia
, they should fill the agenda of the talks, as the
situation in the Territories, the Quartet's roadmap for peace,
the regional situation.
A concrete result that emerged from the visit and '
was the decision to strengthen cooperation and exchange of information
between their intelligence services in the field of
fight against Islamic terrorism.
fact,''Lavrov said while I'm here I know that some specific steps
are already 'taken by the competent authorities of
our countries.''
Terrorism''- said the chief diplomat in Moscow, which
'was received by his counterpart Silvan Shalom and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
- has no boundaries. It 's a global scourge and
we must do everything to strengthen the international coalition that fought
.''
Sharon, meanwhile, took the opportunity to affirm that
Israel for more 'than a hundred years' struggling''with
Arab and Palestinian terrorism, which we know well the
ferocity.'' ''The terrorism that struck Russia -
added - 'exactly like what we see in his viewfinder
and we know that this can not be
compromises must be fought and vanquished.''
But if Israel hoped to drag Russia into a field
openly hostile to the Arabs, the response of Lavrov and '
was enlightening: ''The war on terrorism - he said - and not'
a war against 'Islam .. . present it as a kind of religious war or clash of civilizations'
would only play into the hands of terrorists who actually 'have no identity'
national or religious.'' In this war, he added, and '
also required the participation of Arab countries. Before that, in an interview that appeared in the newspaper Haaretz
, said:''The policy of Russia is not 'pro-Arab nor pro-Israel
. Aims to ensure the
Russia's interests.''
One sensitive issue in Israeli-Russian relations and 'certainly
' s assistance to Moscow to build nuclear facilities in Iran
as the central Bush that Israel
sharply critical view that will be used for the production of
nuclear weapons. Israel feels threatened by the Islamic regime in power in Tehran
expressly denies that his right to '
existence. Lavrov, however, for 'there is currently a threat
''specific''.
In this regard, Lavrov, in an interview with Haaretz, said
Russia intends to continue to cooperate with Iran as''
regards the peaceful use of 'nuclear energy''but it has' added
- perhaps a prelude to a possible change in policy
Moscow - that''the issues and dimensions of such cooperation
depend on how Tehran will honor 'the
its obligations to the International' s
Atomic Energy Agency.''
Lavrov, whose next stop and 'Syria, said he did not
be the bearer of messages to the Israeli government in Damascus these days
accused by Israel of providing assistance to terrorist organizations
.
In an interview with President Moshe Katzav,
Lavrov said that Russia believes that Syria should withdraw from Lebanon.
A position that should appeal very little to Damascus,
former ally of Moscow, when it was still the capital of '
USSR.
On the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Lavrov, in an interview with Haaretz
, reiterated that Russia is believed linked to '
set by the Quartet's roadmap for peace which itself is part
with the U.S., to 'the EU and to' UN. In this sense,
in his view, Israel's withdrawal from Gaza could be a step in the right direction
. (ANSA).
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