Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday that Israel's renewed offer to share its experience of combatting militant groups, in the wake of the Russian school massacre, would give a boost to the fight against global terror.Whirlwind? Reads like the FM rushed to Jerusalem, why would he in a time of crisis? Maybe a Syrian issue involved...Speaking to Israeli opposition leader Shimon Peres at the start of a whirlwind day of meetings with officials in Jerusalem, Lavrov said terrorism is one of the biggest challenges facing the international community.
"We appreciate the very strong readiness of the Israeli people to help Russia at this hour and this will certainly strengthen the counterterrorist coalition these days," he said.
In a telephone call to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday, Prime Minister Sharon called for expanded intelligence coordination between the two countries.
See post #50--yes, Syrians were mentioned.