Jerusalem, December 13, 2013 : .The Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennet made his first official trip to the United Arab Emirates in an effort to improve bilateral relations. Bennett stated that he was delighted to depart for the UAE on Sunday.He made the announcement via video at Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv, before he left.
Bennett said that he would meet Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince on Monday and “dozens” of ministers and other senior officials.
This visit comes 14 months after Israel and UAE established normal ties.
It is intended to “deepen cooperation between the countries” in all areas, the Israeli Prime Minister stated.
He said that the relations are “excellent and branching” and that they must be nurtured and strengthened to maintain the warmth of peace between peoples from the two countries.
The visit comes amid Israeli diplomatic bids to halt the nuclear talks between world powers and Iran, Xinhua news agency reported.
The trip also marks the first official visit of an Israeli Prime Minister to the Gulf country.
Israel and the UAE signed the so-called Abraham Accord, a US-brokered normalisation agreement, in September 2020.
In late June, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid flew to the UAE, in the first visit by a senior Israeli official, to open the first Israeli embassy in the Gulf state.
About a month later, the UAE inaugurated its embassy in Israel.
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