Israel strictly receives initial ever UAE envoy



JERUSALEM:

Israel’s boss on Monday rigourously perceived a first-ever attach� from a United Arab Emirates (UAE), following final year’s ancestral agreement between a countries to normalise ties.

UAE attach� Mohamed Al Khaja, who arrived in Israel progressing Monday, delivered his certification to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin during a rite in Jerusalem.

The UAE was a initial nation to determine to settle full tactful family with a Jewish state underneath a Abraham Accords, a agreement brokered by former US boss Donald Trump.

The agreement done a UAE usually a third infancy Arab nation to form central ties with Israel, following Egypt in 1979 and Jordan in 1994.

Read more: Israel cancels appearance in UAE counterclaim expo, citing atmosphere transport curbs

Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan have subsequently assimilated a Abraham Accords.

The agreements pennyless with longstanding Arab accord that there should be no normalisation with Israel until it reaches a extensive assent understanding with a Palestinians.

Earlier ON Monday, Khaja met Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi in Jerusalem, who wished him “success” in his “historic mission”.

Noting a ancestral inlet of his appointment, Khaja pronounced that he was “very unapproachable and celebrated to be a initial Emirati attach� to a State of Israel”.

“My goal here is to encourage and rise this relationship,” he added. “We wish this will move assent and wealth to a people of a Middle East.”

 

Israel non-stop a UAE embassy in January, with maestro diplomat Eitan Naeh streamer a Abu Dhabi mission.

Israel and a UAE have already sealed treaties on approach flights and visa-free travel, along with accords on investment protection, scholarship and technology.

On Tuesday, Khaja was scheduled to revisit Yad Vashem, Israel’s inhabitant Holocaust commemorative and preparation centre.