Lapid opens first Israeli embassy in Gulf

ABU DHABI, 30 June 2021, (TON): Israel’s top diplomat Yair Lapid opened the Jewish state’s first embassy in the Gulf during a trip to the United Arab Emirates, nine months after they signed a normalisation deal.

“The opening of the Israeli Embassy in Abu Dhabi with the Emirati Minister of Culture and Youth,” he tweeted with a photo of himself and UAE minister Noura al-Kaabi cutting a ribbon in the blue and white of the Israeli flag.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken welcomed the opening as historic.

Lapid’s visit and the opening of the first Israeli embassy in a Gulf state are significant for Israel, the UAE, and the broader region.

Israeli ministers have previously visited the UAE, but newly appointed Lapid became the most senior Israeli to make the trip, and the first on an official mission.

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