It is unclear if Russia may have stepped back from assurances to Israel over Iran’s involvement in the Syrian conflict, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saw Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on Wednesday.

Just before Russia launched its military intervention in September 2015 to keep Bashar al-Assad in power, Netanyahu agreed with Putin that Moscow would not Iranian and Hezbollah forces in southwest Syria near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The arrangement has held since then, with Israel periodically striking Assad regime positions. In early July, Russia and the US announced a “de-escalation zone” including the area.

However, on the eve of his trip to Moscow, Netanyahu appeared to be calling for a declaration that the Islamic Repubic will withdraw from all of Syria: “Iran is making enormous efforts to cement its presence in Syria. This poses a threat to Israel, to the Middle East and to the whole world….We cannot forget for a minute that Iran continues threatening the State of Israel, it arms terrorist organizations, encourages and initiates terror.”

The Kremlin was notably silent about the Netanyahu-Putin meeting on Wednesday. But Russia’s envoys gave conflicting statements.

Russia’s Ambassador to Israel, Alexander Petrovich Shein, told Israeli TV, “We take the Israeli interests in Syria into account. Were it up to Russia, the foreign forces would not stay.”

However, Iran is preferring the statement of the Russian Ambassador to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, “We know Israel’s position on Iran, but we believe that Iran plays a very constructive role in Syria.”

Russian State outlet RT also played up a positive role for Tehran in Syria, featuring Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s statement, “The Russia-Iran-Turkey ‘troika’ has proven with actual deeds that it is in demand.”

On Twitter, Netanyahu simply restated his position after the meeting: