Foreign Minister Israel Katz and his Bahraini counterpart Khalid bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa (R) pose for a photograph at the State Department in Washington on July 17, 2019. (Courtesy)
Times of Israel: Israel, Bahrain foreign ministers talk Iran in groundbreaking public meet
Israel Katz and Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa pose for picture, discuss regional threats and bilateral ties; US envoy calls rare meeting ‘tremendous progress’.
Foreign Minister Israel Katz met his Bahraini counterpart for talks on Iran in Washington and the two posed for a rare photograph, marking what Jerusalem said was a boost in ties with the Gulf nation.
The photo of Katz and Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, which was posted on Twitter Thursday by US Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt and later shared by Katz as well, was taken at a State Department event on religious freedom. It marked the rare instance in which a top Arab official is publicly documented meeting a senior Israeli figure.
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Update #1: Israeli Foreign Minister Katz meets Bahrani counterpart in Washington (Jerusalem Post)
Update #2: Israeli, Bahrain foreign ministers hold first public meeting in US (France 24)
WNU Editor: How times have changed. Such a public meeting would have been impossible a decade ago.
Hat tip to Fred for this story.
3 comments:
Very good news.
But isn't Fred a detested liberal who reads fake news?
Interesting,very interesting!!
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