Russian media on Thursday continued to cover
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's
mysterious visit to Moscow, that was leaked to
the media from his office. Kommersant newspaper
quoted "experts" as saying they believe
a visit of this kind could
have stemmed from urgent circumstances, "for
example, in the event that Israel plans to
attack Iran".
At first, Moscow denied a visit ever took place,
but after Netanyahu's office was forced to admit
to the PM's Military Secretary Meir Kalifi's
lie, a senior Kremlin source also confirmed to
Kommersant that the Israeli prime minister did
indeed visit the city.
The paper then quoted what it called an
"informed" Israeli source, who wished to remain
anonymous, as saying,
"Such a visit could be related to new
information and could threaten the
Iranian nuclear program. It should not be ruled
out that Israel may be ready to move on to
decisive actions with regards to Iran, and
Netanyahu has decided to inform the Kremlin of
this."
Russian Foreign Minister Spokesman Andrei
Nesterenko published an announcement saying, "We
have no knowledge of a Netanyahu's 'secret'
visit to Moscow. We saw reports in various
media. They are inconsistent. Other than that, I
cannot tell you anything. I have no detailed
information in the matter, or any information in
the matter. We have seen the reports."
Wednesday night the Prime Minister's Office
published yet another announcement in an attempt
to rectify the damage, said,
"The prime minister was
busy with secret, classified activity. The
military secretary took his own initiative to
defend this activity."
