20 Dec 2013 11:01

Patrushev discusses Iran, Syria with Israeli Security Council Secretary

MOSCOW. Dec 20 (Interfax) - The Iranian nuclear program and Syrian affairs were on the agenda of a meeting Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev and Israeli National Security Council Secretary Yossi Cohen had in Moscow on Thursday.

"The sides conferred on pressing global and regional security issues. They discussed the Syrian situation and settlement prospects and progress of the negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program," a source from the Russian Security Council press service told Interfax.