PM: "I spoke to President Putin again yesterday about Naama's case, I am much more optimistic now" • Issachar may arrive in Israel next week on Putin's 75th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation • Naama's terror: "Netanyahu said he was committed to freeing my daughter "
Netanyahu and Putin // Photo: Amos Ben Gershom - GPO
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today refines the optimistic message regarding the release of Naama Issachar from the Russian prison. "I spoke to President Putin again yesterday about Naama," Netanyahu said. "I felt he had a real willingness to come to a solution. I am much more optimistic. I cannot elaborate, but we will continue to do everything to bring Naama home. Until then, we will continue to strengthen her family and her."
Photo: Roy Abraham / GPO
Russian media reported last night that Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to release Israeli young woman Naama Issachar, imprisoned in the country. According to the report, Issachar will fly with Putin to Israel on his 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Political sources in Russia have said that Putin is expected to grant amnesty for his upcoming visit to Israel, even though Russia claims that Israel did not come to her on the issue of the Russian hacker imprisoned in the country and extradited to the US.
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The optimistic report joins yesterday's conversation between Putin and Prime Minister Yehuda Netanyahu yesterday, which also ended in an optimistic atmosphere. Sources involved in the content of the conversation called it "hot and concerned," claiming it "strengthened the Prime Minister's optimism that Issachar's release is moving toward a solution."
Naama's mother, Yaffe Issachar, responded to reports on the call: "The prime minister told me that it is my responsibility to maintain Naama's mental health as long as she is in Russian prison, and to be strong and optimistic that as the Israeli prime minister, he is obligated to release Naama. Libby from the Russian president to act as a true friend of Israel and the Jewish people and as a world power leader and to release Naama Shelly back to her home in Israel. "
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister: "Option of prisoners exchange not examined"
However, the Russian news agency Tass reported this week that there was no progress in negotiations for Naama's release. According to the report, Moscow is not considering the possibility of possible exchanges for Israeli prisoner Naama Issachar, who is imprisoned in the Russian prison.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Yevgeny Ivanov was quoted in the news agency Tass as saying: "To my knowledge, the option of a prisoner exchange deal is not currently being considered." Deputy Foreign Minister added: "She was convicted of criminal charges. As for Issachar's complaints to the European Court of Human Rights, it is the job of her lawyers. We cannot advise anything on the matter. That is her right."
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday sent a letter to Ishkar, sentenced to 7.5 years in prison for smuggling 9.5 grams of a cannabis type drug.
In his letter, the prime minister wrote: "The citizens of the state think of you. We do not abandon anyone to his fate, and so does your case. The State of Israel and I are making constant efforts to release you. We are in contact with your family, and in every conversation with them we emphasize our commitment to bring you home as soon as possible. ".
