(21.4.2016) Benjamin Netanyahu: Mr President, thank you for this warm welcome. I greatly value our regular cooperation, Mr President. I have come here with the sole concrete objective of strengthening the coordination between our countries in the security area, so as to avoid mistakes, misunderstandings or incidents. At our previous meetings, I presented our policy on the security of our northern borders. Israel has clear and understandable ‘red lines’ related to our security.

First, we are doing everything we can to ensure that Hezbollah does not get its hands on the ultramodern weapons coming in from Syria and Iraq.

Second, we are doing all we can to prevent the emergence of a new terror front against us on the Golan Heights. This is the ‘red line’ we have set and we will continue to insist on this. Regarding the Golan Heights, we cannot go back to the days when our villages and our children came under fire from there. Therefore, with or without an agreement, the Golan Heights will remain part of Israel’s sovereign territory.