Israel Not Going To Hide Anything From Russia In Probe Into Il-20 Plane Crash - Minister

Israel is ready to fully cooperate with Russia and provide all required data during the investigation into the Russian Il-20 deadly aircraft crash in the Mediterranean and has no intention to conceal any information from Russia, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Thursday.

TEL AVIV (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 20th September, 2018) Israel is ready to fully cooperate with Russia and provide all required data during the investigation into the Russian Il-20 deadly aircraft crash in the Mediterranean and has no intention to conceal any information from Russia, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Thursday.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said Wednesday that the Israeli military delegation headed by Commander of the Israeli Air Force Amikam Norkin would travel to Moscow on Thursday to share the information on the plane crash.

"We have told Russians that we are ready to provide all information and data. The commander of the Israeli Air Force is coming to Russia.

We have nothing to hide here," Lieberman told the Army Radio station.

The defense minister noted that the main reason of the Russian plane crash appears to be "the Syrian Army's excess of self-confidence," and again expressed condolences over the death of the Russian servicemen.

The Russian Hmeimim airbase had lost contact with the Russian Il-20 military aircraft late on Monday during the attack of four Israeli F-16 aircraft on Syrian targets in the province of Latakia. The Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that the Israeli military deliberately created a dangerous situation by using the Russian aircraft as a shield against Syrian air defense systems.