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Trump and Putin agree to talk with Israel over Syrian border safety

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Published: 19 July 2018

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Despite outrage over Trump’s US election remarks, the two leaders found common ground over agreeing to secure the Golan Heights frontier with Syria, President Vladimir Putin said

Putin says he agreed with Trump to secure Syria border with Israel (Bloomberg)
Russia has agreed with the US to secure Israel’s Golan Heights frontier with Syria, a line set in 1974 at the end of their last war, Russian President Vladimir Putin said

Helsinki summit: what did Trump and Putin agree? (Guardian)
Neither Putin nor Syria is prepared to expel Iran from Syria. At issue is whether an agreement can be reached that keeps Iranian-backed militia at a fixed distance from the Israeli border. “Creating safety for Israel is something both Putin and I would like to see very much,” Trump said.

Helsinki fiasco proves that Netanyahu’s adulation for Trump is a miscalculated risk for Israel (Haaretz)
CHEMI SHALEV A US president who shames his country in public won’t hesitate to stick a knife in the back of its ally in the Middle East

Photo: Vladimir Putin gives a soccer ball to Donald Trump during a press conference after their meeting in Helsinki (AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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