Photo Credit: Yonatan Sindel / Flash 90
President Vladimir Putin at Yad Vashem museum in Jerusalem, January 23, 2020.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Thursday to congratulate him on his birthday, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a brief statement.

Also discussed during the call were “various regional issues, including security,” according to the PMO.

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Bennett and Putin are slated to meet later this month, according to a report Wednesday by Israel’s Kan News public broadcaster.

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Hana Levi Julian is a Middle East news analyst with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University. A past columnist with The Jewish Press and senior editor at Arutz 7, Ms. Julian has written for Babble.com, Chabad.org and other media outlets, in addition to her years working in broadcast journalism.