Israel: Netanyahu thanks Putin, Trump for agreeing to hold 'historic' security meeting

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W/S Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shaking hands with US National Security Advisor John Bolton, Russian Secretary of Security Council Nikolai Patrushev and Israeli National Security Council Meir Ben-Shabbat, Jerusalem
SOT, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister: "It's historic because it's the first meeting between our three countries' national security advisors in our capital Jerusalem. I want to thank President Trump and President Putin for agreeing to hold the security summit and for sending their most senior advisors. I deeply value the strong relationships that Israel has with both leaders and both countries. As I've said many times, Israel's relations with the United States of America [have] reached new heights under President Trump's leadership, and equally Israel is grateful that our friendship with Russia has gotten stronger, stronger than ever, in recent years." *NO CUTAWAY AT SOURCE* *JUMP CUT AT SOURCE*
SOT, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister: "This summit presents a real opportunity to help advance that stability in our region, and particularly in Syria. As both of you know, Israel has acted hundreds of times to prevent Iran from entrenching itself militarily in Syria while it actively and openly calls and works for our destruction. We've acted hundreds of times to prevent Iran from delivering increasingly sophisticated weaponry to Hezbollah or to form a second front in the north against us from the Golan Heights. Israel will continue to prevent Iran from using neighbouring territory as platforms to attack us, and Israel will respond forcefully to any such attacks." *NO CUTAWAY AT SOURCE*
SOT, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister: "I want to thank the Russian government and President Putin for working closely with Israel on the mechanism of deconfliction that helps ensure that as we defend ourselves, we do not put Russian forces in harm's way. And I want to thank the United States and President Trump for unequivocally backing Israel's right to defend itself." *NO CUTAWAY AT SOURCE* *JUMP CUT AT SOURCE*
SOT, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister: "All three of us would like to see a peaceful, stable and secure Syria, that's a common goal. We also have a common objective. To achieve that larger goal, and that is that no foreign forces that arrived in Syria after 2011 remain in Syria. We think that there are also ways to achieve this common goal, which will create a more stable Middle East, or at least a more stable Middle East in this part of that region."
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SOT, John Bolton, US National Security Advisor: "Through your strong relationships with both President Putin and President Trump, there is a substantially greater prospect for coordination of our respective policies in order to achieve a secure and lasting peace throughout the region. This meeting could not be more timely. We convene at a particularly critical moment in the Middle East as a radical regime in Iran and its terror surrogates engage in yet more rounds of violent provocations abroad while its economy collapses and corruption at the highest level runs rampant at home. All around the Middle East, we see Iran as a source of belligerence and aggression." *NO CUTAWAY AT SOURCE* *JUMP CUT AT SOURCE*
SOT, John Bolton, US National Security Advisor: "Iran's provocations, which also include threats to and attacks upon American personnel and assets in the Middle East, are the external manifestations of the central threat that Iran poses, namely its continued pursuit of the deliverable nuclear weapons." *NO CUTAWAY AT SOURCE* *JUMP CUT AT SOURCE*
SOT, John Bolton, US National Security Advisor: "There is simply no evidence that Iran has made the strategic decision to renounce nuclear weapons and open realistic discussions to demonstrate that decision. In just a few days, perhaps by the end of the week, Iran has threatened to exceed the key limits imposed by the inadequate 2015 Iran nuclear deal, exposing once again the fatal deficiencies of that failed agreement." *NO CUTAWAY AT SOURCE* *JUMP CUT AT SOURCE*
SOT, John Bolton, US National Security Advisor: "At the same time, the president has held the door open to real negotiations to completely and verifiably eliminate Iran's nuclear weapons programme, its pursuit of ballistic missile delivery systems, its support for international terrorism and its other maligned behaviour worldwide. All that Iran needs to do is to walk through that open door."
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SOT, Nikolai Patrushev, Russian Secretary of Security Council: "And I completely share Netanyahu's position on Syria and what state it should be in, as a result of our work. As he said, [we would like to see a] peaceful [and] secure [Syria], and I would like to add that Syria's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity also need to be ensured, in accordance with the United Nations Charter." *NO CUTAWAY AT SOURCE* *JUMP CUT AT SOURCE*
SOT, Nikolai Patrushev, Russian Secretary of Security Council: "We understand the concerns that Israel has, and we want the existing threats to be eliminated so that Israel's security is ensured. It's very important for us. I have already talked about it. Two million Russian-speaking people live here, and we cannot help but remember that. At the same time, we must remember the national interests of other regional countries. If we do not know about them or take them into consideration, I doubt that we can achieve a concrete result."
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump for agreeing to hold what he called a "historic" security meeting between the national security advisors of the three countries, at a press conference ahead of the trilateral talks in Jerusalem on Tuesday.
Netanyahu said "it's historic because it's the first meeting between our three countries' national security advisors in our capital Jerusalem. I want to thank President Trump and President Putin for agreeing to hold the security summit and for sending their most senior advisors."
The Israeli prime minister noted that the leaders would use the summit to advance stability in the region, particularly in Syria. He said, "Israel has acted hundreds of times to prevent Iran from entrenching itself militarily in Syria while it actively and openly calls and works for our destruction."
"Israel will continue to prevent Iran from using neighbouring territory as platforms to attack us, and Israel will respond forcefully to any such attacks," added Netanyahu.
Patrushev said that he shared Netanyahu's wish to see "a peaceful and secure" Syria, noting that "Syria's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity also need to be ensured, in accordance with the United Nations Charter."