MOSCOW, 17 October 2021, (TON): Russia, the United States and Israel agreed to hold a meeting of the heads of the Security Councils (SC), where they will discuss Syria and the situation around Iran, an understanding of the date and place may appear after negotiations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in Sochi on October 22, Israeli Ambassador to Russia Alexander told RIA Novosti Ben Zvi.

The ambassador said, answering the relevant question “so far there is only an idea, neither a date, nor a place has been set yet. We, for our part, are ready to host delegations, but this has not yet been decided.”

The ambassador specified “I hope that our prime minister will come now and will finally be able to decide. At this stage, there is only an agreement and understanding that this (meeting) will take place, but when exactly – this has not yet been agreed. Among the topics are Syria, Iran, other issues of the Middle East region.”

Earlier, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid told RIA Novosti that Israel , Russia and the United States are considering the possibility of resuming trilateral consultations at the level of the heads of the security councils, the next meeting may take place in October.

The Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev , as well as John Bolton , who at that time was the US President’s National Security Advisor and then the head of the Israeli National Security Council, Meir Ben-Shabbat, discussed the situation in Syria for the first time in a trilateral format .