Overview
- On November 3, Ambassador Oded Yosef handed copies of his credentials to Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin at the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow.
- The Russian MFA said the discussion focused on prospects for Russia–Israel relations and emphasized continuing contacts across all areas of cooperation.
- Both sides exchanged views on the situation in the Middle East, according to the MFA readout.
- The Israeli Embassy published a statement and photos marking the start of Yosef’s mission.
- Yosef said he aims to strengthen ties in political, consular, academic and cultural fields, and he succeeds Simona Halperin, who ended her Moscow posting in October and will lead the European department of Israel’s MFA.