Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid arrived on Tuesday with the first official visit in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as a guest of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the UAE Sheikh Abdalla Ben Zaid Al Najiana. It is reported by the State Israeli Radio Kan.
According to the radio station, during the two-day visit of Lapid, the official opening ceremonies of the Israeli embassy in Abu Dhabi and the Consulate General of the Jewish State in Dubai will be held.
The Head of the Israeli Foreign Ministry described on Tuesday in the publication on Twitter, a starting visit to the UAE as historical.
September 15, 2020 in Washington, the Israeli side with the active mediation of the United States has signed documents on the normalization of relations with the UAE and Bahrain. Before the conclusion of these agreements, a Jewish state from Arab countries were established by diplomatic relations with Egypt and Jordan.