Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia May 9, 2018. (Pool Photo via REUTERS)

JERUSALEM, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet next week with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Netanyahu's office announced Tuesday.

The meeting will be held on July 11, the office said in a statement.

It did not say what will be the focus of the talks. However, previous meetings between the two leaders were focused on coordinating their military actions in Syria, especially in relation to Iran's presence in the war-torn country.

Israel officially says it is not part of the seven-year war but it has carried out several airstrikes against Iranian military targets in Syria.

Israel said that the attacks were aimed to prevent Iran from establishing a military presence in Syria or to halt arms supplies to Hezbollah, an Iran-backed Lebanese militia which is fighting with the Syrian government.

Netanyahu held his last meeting with Putin at the Kremlin in May, during which Putin reportedly agreed that Iran should not hove military bases in Syria.