President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to hold a working meeting in the near future.

About this, as Interfax reports, on January 1, the press secretary of the Russian head of state Dmitry Peskov said.

"Putin and Netanyahu agreed in the near future to hold a meeting to discuss current issues of bilateral relations and exchange views on various international and regional issues," Peskov said and added:

"During the conversation, Putin congratulated Netanyahu on the coming new year. The leaders wished each other and the peoples of the two countries in the coming year all the best. "

As reported by "Cursor", on December 31, the head of government Benjamin Netanyahu promulgated a festive greeting to Russian-speaking Israelis.