MOSCOW, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Israeli and Russian diplomats Wednesday both denied any crisis in relations between their countries, Interfax news agnecy said.
The Israeli embassy in Moscow denied Russian and Western media reports about a crisis over military-technical ties between Russia and Syria.
"There is nothing the embassy must respond to, since there is no crisis in relations between our two countries," the Israeli embassy told the news agency.
Earlier reports had claimed rifts had appeared in the relations over Israel's concern about Russia's possible exports of Iskander-E tactical missile systems to Syria.
However, Russia did not see any signs of deteriorating relations with Israel, Alexander Yakovenko, chief Russian foreign ministry spokesman, said.
"In any case Russia has not been and does not intend to become the initiator of this kind of developments," he said.
