Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a telephone conversation on December 31. According to Axios, citing Ukrainian and Israeli officials, the parties discussed changing Ukraine's position on voting for one of the anti-Israeli resolutions of the UN General Assembly in exchange for the transfer of air defense to us..

This is a resolution calling on the International Court of Justice to rule on the consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories.. Ukraine supported the document during the voting for it in the UN committee, but did not attend the General Assembly vote "

Netanyahu, who recently took the oath of office as prime minister, called Zelensky as part of a series of phone calls with leaders of countries that previously voted in favor of the resolution.. In particular, Israel wants them to change their votes and oppose the resolution, or at least abstain..

According to the publication, during a conversation with Netanyahu, Zelensky said that in exchange for voting for the resolution or "

According to a Ukrainian official who spoke with Axios, Netanyahu made no commitments, but said he was ready to discuss Zelensky's requests in the future.. At the same time, the Ukrainian president was not satisfied with this answer and he did not agree that Ukraine should vote against the resolution or abstain.. He instructed the Ambassador of Ukraine to the UN to be absent during the voting.

“The two leaders weren’t satisfied and didn’t get what they wanted. Zelensky has decided that we will not go to the vote to give a chance to relations with Netanyahu,” a Ukrainian official said..

In turn, a senior Israeli official said that although Ukraine did not vote for the resolution, Israel was disappointed that Kyiv decided not to participate in the vote.. Though I could just hold on.

“Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke with President Zelensky, and Ukraine, which previously voted for the anti-Israeli resolution, this time was not present at the vote. In addition, we will not comment on diplomatic conversations,” Netanyahu’s office told the publication..

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