Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is slated to spend the second day of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in meetings with world leaders, including a first meeting with Bahraini Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with whom Bennett spoke briefly on Monday.
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Also on Monday, Bennett met with French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the summit to discuss global and regional challenges facing Israel and France, especially Iran's rapid progress in enriching uranium.
Macron and Bennett agreed to strengthen collaboration between the two countries.
Aside from the Iranian issue, Bennett and Macron discussed the NSO spyware case.
Israel has been investigating whether cyber security firm NSO Group's Pegasus software, which can hack phones and according to the company is intended for vetted law enforcement and intelligence agencies, has been abused on a global scale. The Defense Ministry oversees exports of offensive cyber tools such as Pegasus.
In July, several international media organizations reported that Pegasus was used in hacking smartphones belonging to journalists, human rights activists and government officials in several countries.
NSO has rejected the reports, saying they were "full of wrong assumptions and uncorroborated theories." Pegasus was intended for use only by government intelligence and law enforcement agencies to fight terrorism and crime, NSO said.
Macron's phone was on a list of potential targets for surveillance using the Pegasus software by Morocco, the French newspaper Le Monde reported. Morocco has denied the allegation and said it did not possess Pegasus.
Macron has called for an investigation.
"It was agreed between the leaders that the subject will continue to be handled discreetly and professionally, and with the spirit of transparency between the two sides," an Israeli official said.
"It was agreed between the leaders that the subject will continue to be handled discreetly and professionally, and with the spirit of transparency between the two sides," the official said.
i24NEWS contributed to this report
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